Computer Weekly

Fileless attacks surge as hackers exploit PowerShell scripts

The latest quarterly threat report from McAfee noted a fourfold increase in fileless hacking attacks utilising Microsoft PowerShell scripts. PowerShell is used mainly to automate administration tasks, ...
CSOonline

How to protect your network from PowerShell exploits

PowerShell is a powerful and versatile tool for both Windows sysadmins and hackers, who use it to build malicious scripts that avoid detection. This advice will make it harder for them to do so.
ITWire

iTWire - PowerShell exploits create new wave of PowerWare malware

PowerShell, a ubiquitous technology that is part of the Windows environment, has become an ideal way for attackers to hide their presence and activities. Its ability to dynamically load and execute ...
Digital Journal

Cyberattacks using Microsoft PowerShell soar by over 400%

PowerShell is a sophisticated scripting engine that’s frequently used by system administrators to automate common management functions. PowerShell provides command-line access to almost all features ...
Dark Reading

Ransomware Attackers Bypass Microsoft's ProxyNotShell Mitigations With Fresh Exploit

The operators of a ransomware strain called Play have developed a new exploit chain for a critical remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability in Exchange Server that Microsoft patched in November. The ...
CSOonline

BianLian group exploits TeamCity again, deploys PowerShell backdoor

The BianLian extortion group was recently seen exploiting vulnerabilities in the TeamCity continuous integration server for initial access into networks. In the latest attacks the group also deployed ...