CRN

New Windows Virus Puts PowerShell At Risk

The virus, MSH/Cibyz, targets Windows PowerShell. It was released last week by the RRLF virus group. PowerShell is a command-line shell and task-based scripting technology that provides control and ...
CSOonline

New ransomware abuses Windows PowerShell, Word document macros

A new ransomware program written in Windows PowerShell is being used in attacks against enterprises, including health care organizations, researchers warn. PowerShell is a task automation and ...
TechSpot

Virus writers target Windows Powershell

One of the things that annoys me most about trying to use Windows for anything serious (i.e. not just playing games, movies, mp3s, surfing the Net, etc) is its lack of a good command line and ...
Bleeping Computer

Fake IT support sites push malicious PowerShell scripts as Windows fixes

Fake IT support sites promote malicious PowerShell "fixes" for common Windows errors, like the 0x80070643 error, to infect devices with information-stealing malware. First discovered by eSentire's ...
Bleeping Computer

Fake MAS Windows activation domain used to spread PowerShell malware

A typosquatted domain impersonating the Microsoft Activation Scripts (MAS) tool was used to distribute malicious PowerShell scripts that infect Windows systems with the 'Cosmali Loader'.
CSOonline

Rising ClickFix malware distribution trick puts PowerShell IT policies on notice

IT teams should revisit PowerShell restrictions as an increasingly used click-and-fix technique has users self-serving fake system issues by invoking malicious PowerShell scripts themselves, reducing ...