New Abuse of the ClickOnce Technology, Part 2: Stop Threat Actors from Clicking Once and Staying Forever

This blog analyzes security risks in Microsoft ClickOnce deployments, detailing how attackers can abuse .application/.appref-ms files, exploit update mechanisms for stealthy payload delivery and persistence, trojanize signed dependencies to evade checks, and discloses a newly identified COM hijacking attack surface; it also outlines detection strategies and mentions CrowdStrike Falcon detection capabilities.