Pastejacking - cmd/PowerShell Spawned by Browser with Suspicious Pasted Command

Ankit Mehta@Secvyn

•updated Jun 26, 2026•0•0•1

Detects instances where common web browsers (chrome.exe, firefox.exe, etc.) spawn command shells (cmd.exe, powershell.exe) to execute suspicious commands or perform file downloads, often indicative of an initial stage of a drive-by download or malicious script execution.