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The TASK#STOMP Windows Backdoor Takes Wi-Fi Passwords, Screenshots, and Business Files

Researchers have taken apart TASK#STOMP, a Windows backdoor that searches a victim’s drives for business documents, uploads them to attacker servers, and then stays put to grab each new or edited document. The same malware steals saved Wi-Fi passwords and clipboard text, takes screenshots, and runs whatever command its operators send. Akshay Gaikwad and Aaron Beardslee of Securonix Threat Research built their analysis from one infected machine, …
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Help Net Security broke the news on Monday, September 21, 2026.
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