--- title: Cybercriminals Exploiting Microsoft's Quick Assist... description: Cybercriminals are exploiting Microsoft's Quick Assist feature in ransomware attacks by using social engineering techniques. They impersonate trusted contacts... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/cybercriminals-exploiting-microsoft-s-quick-assist-feature-in-ransomware-attacks-kcfnjcmfe twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Cybercriminals Exploiting Microsoft's Quick Assist Feature in Ransomware Attacks | daily.dev og:description: Cybercriminals are exploiting Microsoft's Quick Assist feature in ransomware attacks by using social engineering techniques. They impersonate trusted contacts... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/cybercriminals-exploiting-microsoft-s-quick-assist-feature-in-ransomware-attacks-kcfnjcmfe og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/kcFNJcMFE.png og:image:alt: Cybercriminals Exploiting Microsoft's Quick Assist Feature in Ransomware Attacks og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Cybercriminals Exploiting Microsoft's Quick Assist Feature in Ransomware Attacks **[The Hacker News](https://daily.dev/sources/thn)** · 3 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Cybercriminals are exploiting Microsoft's Quick Assist feature in ransomware attacks by using social engineering techniques. They impersonate trusted contacts and gain initial access to a target device through voice phishing. The attacks involve the delivery of QakBot, Cobalt Strike, and Black Basta ransomware. Microsoft is working on incorporating warning messages in Quick Assist to prevent tech support scams. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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