Pastebin-Hosted PowerShell Script Hijacks Telegram Sessions: What Happened and How to Respond
Security researchers recently uncovered a PowerShell script posted on Pastebin that was purpose-built to steal Telegram session data from both desktop and web clients. Masquerading as a benign “Windows Telemetry Update,” the script quietly collects host metadata, locates Telegram session stores, compresses them into an archive, and exfiltrates the file to an attacker-controlled Telegram bot. The discovery is notable less for raw sophistication than for the clear window it provides…