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.

Threat actors are now abusing DNS queries as part of ClickFix social engineering attacks to deliver malware, making this the first known use of DNS as a channel in these campaigns.

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 ...

Hackers believed to be part of the Iranian APT35 state-backed group (aka 'Charming Kitten' or 'Phosphorus') has been observed leveraging Log4Shell attacks to drop a new PowerShell backdoor. The ...

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, ...

Symantec and Carbon Black warn that users are vulnerable to attacks that are coming through Microsoft’s PowerShell tool, which may arrive in the form of malicious scripts or ransomware. There are ...

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 ...

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 ...

A newly reported zero-day vulnerability (CVE-2019-0859) discovered by Kaspersky Lab this week uses PowerShell to attack Windows systems. CVE-2019-0859 was one of two Windows vulnerabilities -- the ...

A new proof-of-concept worm has been created by a group of Austrian virus writers that looks to exploit Windows PowerShell. With the lameness needle flailing above Full, the MSH/Cibyz!p2p worm spreads ...