Short Bytes: You might not know but PowerShell, the ubiquitous force running behind the Windows environment, is slowly becoming a secure way for the attackers to hide their malicious activities. Unfortunately, at the moment, there’s no technical method of distinguishing between malicious and good PowerShell source code. In a new report, it has been discovered […]
PowerShell scripts seen in around 38% of malware incidents. Microsoft’s PowerShell task automation framework is becoming one of the most popular tools for coding and enhancing malware, a Carbon Black study has discovered. Aggregating data from over 1,100 separate investigations from 20 security firms, Carbon Black says that PowerShell was used in 38 percent of all […]
The Carbon Black Threat Research Team has recently discovered a new family of ransomware, which they dubbed “PowerWare,” that targets organizations via Microsoft Word and PowerShell. PowerShell is the scripting language inherent to Microsoft operating systems. “PowerWare” is a new instance of ransomware utilizing native tools, such as PowerShell on operating systems. “Traditional” ransomware variants […]
In recent variants of the infamous DNS-changer adware we have found that the coders use a particularly interesting method to bypass the default restrictions imposed for executing Powershell scripts. Execution restrictions To protect Windows users, Microsoft has chosen not to allow the execution of Powershell scripts by default. The default setting for the ExecutionPolicy is […]