Tag: UI Automation

  • Coyote Banking Trojan Exploits Microsoft UI Automation for Stealthy Credential Theft

    Coyote Banking Trojan Exploits Microsoft UI Automation for Stealthy Credential Theft

    A newly evolved strain of the Coyote banking trojan has adopted an unconventional method of user surveillance on Windows systems. Malicious actors have learned to exploit Microsoft’s UI Automation (UIA) framework—originally designed to aid users with disabilities—to monitor visits to banking websites and cryptocurrency exchanges. This technique enables the malware to harvest sensitive data, including…