JS_POWMET malware is 100% fileless, from infection to payload

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  1. itman

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    https://www.scmagazine.com/search/Trend Micro/
     
  2. itman

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    Does the regsrv32 command line options look familiar folks?
    http://blog.trendmicro.com/trendlab...e/look-js_powmet-completely-fileless-malware/
     
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    Culprit is Powershell. Disable it or remove it to mitigate fileless malware attacks.
     
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    there is several techniques to load powershell scripts without powershell.exe.
    This malware could be modified to do it.
     
  6. itman

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    You stop malware like this by using a security solution that monitors what is written to registry run and run once keys. Anything after that point is a losing effort.
     
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