Attackers packing malware into PowerShell

Last updated on September 8th, 2018

Microsoft’s PowerShell has once again become an attack vector for malware, this time a file-less attack dubbed “Powersniff” by Palo Alto Networks.  The attack arrives through e-mails containing Word documents bearing malicious macros, almost as if it isn’t more than 15 years since the first macro viruses were let loose on the world.