Quick Assist - Tool

Threat entity extracted from intelligence sources

Frequency
12
occurrences
First Seen
March 9, 2026
Last Seen
June 10, 2026

Quick Assist is a tool tracked across 5 threat clusters and 12 intelligence report mentions on ThreatCluster. First observed March 9, 2026; most recent activity June 10, 2026.

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  • Microsoft Teams Exploited for Helpdesk Impersonation Attacks

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  • Hackers Exploit QEMU VMs to Evade Detection and Deploy Ransomware

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  • Social Engineering Attack via Microsoft Teams Deploys A0Backdoor Malware

    Hackers are targeting employees in financial and healthcare sectors through Microsoft Teams, using social engineering tactics to gain remote access via Windows Quick Assist. The attackers deploy a new malware family…

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Recent Intelligence Reports

  • Targeted Campaign Us Law Firms — cloud.google.com · June 10, 2026
  • If you don't fall for these extortionists' calls, they'll show up with USB sticks — Theregister · June 5, 2026
  • Seeking Counsel: Ongoing Targeted Campaign Against US Law Firms — Mandiant · June 5, 2026
  • Employees are unknowingly inviting tech support impersonators into firms, says FBI — Csoonline · May 28, 2026
  • Attackers Abuse Microsoft Teams and Quick Assist in New Helpdesk Impersonation Attack Chain — Cybersecuritynews · April 20, 2026
  • Microsoft: Teams increasingly abused in helpdesk impersonation attacks — Bleepingcomputer · April 20, 2026
  • Quick Assist abuse — www.google.com · April 17, 2026
  • Payouts King Emerges: New Ransomware Operation Tied to Ex — Gbhackers · April 17, 2026

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