Week 2

https://threatpost.com/encrypted-fileless-malware-growth/175306/

According to WatchGuard Technologies, there are two distinct families of malware. In the first quarter, AMSI Disable.A, the first one, was found. The more older malware was identified as XML. JSLoader. Analysts estimate that in the second quarter, 91.5 percent of malware was sent using HTTPS-encrypted connections, making assaults harder to detect. The malware family AMSI Disable A uses PowerShell tools to attack vulnerable Windows systems. Antimalware Scan Interface, or AMSI, features a code that may disable itself.

In 2021, malware detections coming from scripting engines like PowerShell had already surpassed 80% of the amount of script-initiated attacks from the previous year.


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