PC World

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 ...
Graham Cluley

Beware PowerSniff! Malware uses Word macros and PowerShell scripts

An ongoing spam campaign is serving up malicious macro documents that execute PowerShell scripts and inject malware directly into memory of the victim’s computer. Josh Grunzweig and Brandon Levene, ...
Computing

The return of the Microsoft Word macro virus with malicious documents that execute PowerShell scripts

Threat researchers at Palo Alto Networks have warned of a malware campaign that uses malicious Microsoft Word macros to execute PowerShell scripts in an attack that they have dubbed "PowerSniff". The ...
CIO

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 ...