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Threat actors have been abusing App Installer, a Windows 10 feature that makes installing applications more convenient. The abuse could lead to ransomware distribution and was likely carried out by financially motivated actors Storm-0569, Storm-1113, Sangria Tempest, and Storm-1674.

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Bloatynosy has now evolved into BloatynosyAI and it can disable AI features on Windows 11 or Microsoft Edge that a user may consider as bloatware. This new app works on Windows 10 as well.

The browser’s page on the App Store and Google Play Store advertises new AI-powered capabilities such as the DALL-E 3 image generator, article summarization with Copilot, image recognition, and more.

Microsoft has disabled a protocol that allowed the installation of Windows apps after finding that miscreants were abusing the mechanism to install malware.…

Microsoft has rebranded its Edge browser on iOS and Android to "Microsoft Edge: AI browser".Users noticed that the company recently renamed its mobile browser to Microsoft Edge: AI browser, reports Neowin.The browser's page on the App ...

Multiple threat groups have used the ms-appinstaller protocol handler to bypass protections and deliver ransomware and other malware.

Less than a year after it re-emerged following earlier security issues, Microsoft has again taken action to limit malware distribution through its ms-appinstaller protocol for MSIX.

Microsoft is warning that bad actors, including those financially motivated, are using App Installer to distribute malware.

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