An attack runs entirely through PowerShell commands loaded into memory, using built-in Windows tools and leaving almost no files on disk. Why is this kind of malware hard for traditional file scanning to catch?
Une attaque s'exécute entièrement par des commandes PowerShell chargées en mémoire, en utilisant les outils intégrés de Windows et en ne laissant presque aucun fichier sur le disque. Pourquoi ce type de logiciel malveillant est-il difficile à repérer par une analyse classique des fichiers ?
Answers
AIt only ever runs on Linux serversIl ne fonctionne que sur des serveurs Linux
BThere is almost no malicious file on disk to scanIl n'y a presque aucun fichier malveillant à analyser sur le disque
CIt is always encrypted with strong AES keysIl est toujours chiffré avec des clés AES robustes
DIt always removes the antivirus program firstIl supprime toujours d'abord le programme antivirus
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