Whenever someone brings up using PowerShell to automate an Office product, often what you may think of initially ends up being along the lines of working with Excel instead of Word. And there is good ...

A new malware distribution campaign uses fake Google Chrome, Word, and OneDrive errors to trick users into running malicious PowerShell "fixes" that install malware.

For the text file to be treated as a PowerShell script, its filename needs to end in .PS1 to connote a PowerShell extension. The simplest, most basic PowerShell example is a file called Datecheck ...

Based on the payment instructions, the attackers use the Tor anonymity network to hide their command-and-control server. The initial ransom is $500, but it goes up to $1,000 after a couple of weeks.

As reported by BleepingComputer, hackers are using fake Google Chrome and Microsoft Word errors to trick potential victims into running malicious PowerShell “fixes” that actually install malware.

PowerWare is not the first ransomware implementation in PowerShell. Security researchers from Sophos found a similar Russian-language ransomware program back in 2013. Then in 2015, they found ...

A new ransomware program written in Windows PowerShell is being used in attacks against enterprises, including healthcare organizations, researchers from Carbon Black warn.