Hackers are increasingly using PowerShell and other fileless cyber attacks, according to Global Threat Statistics the Q1 2019 report from security company BlackFog. The attacks manipulate the code of legitimate default Windows tools, like PowerShell , to convert them into malicious software. “Our data clearly shows that cyber criminals and hackers are growing more sophisticated by the day,” he said, “increasingly leveraging complex techniques such as PowerShell and fileless attacks – making it critical that businesses and their employees deploy the right technologies to protect themselves from the current threats we are seeing. These incidents, which do not require installing files, are difficult to prevent as they do not contain a detectable signature and exist in white-listed applications. Discounting direct or raw PowerShell addresses, IP attacks represent 9.24% of all cyber attacks, rising to 9.24% if data exfiltration by country threats are excluded, demonstrating the growing sophistication of cyber crime networks.
Hackers are increasingly using PowerShell and other fileless cyber attacks, according to Global Threat Statistics the Q1 2019 report from security company BlackFog. The attacks manipulate the code of legitimate default Windows tools, like PowerShell , to convert them into malicious software. These incidents, which do not require installing files, are difficult to prevent as they do not contain a detectable signature and exist in white-listed applications. Discounting direct or raw PowerShell addresses, IP attacks represent 9.24% of all cyber attacks, rising to 9.24% if data exfiltration by country threats are excluded, demonstrating the growing sophistication of cyber crime networks.