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Apr 26, 2026 · Information Security

How a PowerShell Pastebin Steganography Trojan Hijacks Telegram Sessions

The article dissects a recent attack where a PowerShell script hidden in a Pastebin post uses character‑level steganography to retrieve a C2 address, extracts Telegram Desktop's tdata files, compresses them, and exfiltrates the data via a hard‑coded Telegram Bot API, while employing hidden execution, fileless memory loading, environment detection, and self‑destruct on virtual machines.