Microsoft's Bid to Save PowerShell From Hackers Starts To Pay Off
Microsoft's Bid to Save PowerShell From Hackers Starts To Pay Off
Security, Spoken · SpokenLayer
August 28, 201711m 18s
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Show Notes
The Trickbot malware that targets bank customers. Password harvesters like Mimikatz. "Fileless malware" attacks. All three are popular hacking tools and techniques, but they're unconnected except for one trait: They all rely in part on manipulating a Windows management tool known as PowerShell to carry out their attacks. Long a point of interest for security researchers, PowerShell techniques increasingly pop up in real-world attacks.
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