Newslink : This New Malware Uses Powershell to Perform Fileless Infection

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Proofpoint security researchers warn about A new information-stealing  malware named “August”. This uses Word documents that contain malicious  macros and it is abusing PowerShell for a fileless infection. This malware is being distributed by TA530, who is an actor already  known to be involved in very highly personalised campaigns. The August  distribution campaign, researchers say, was targeting customer service  and managerial staff at retailers in an attempt to steal sensitive  documents and credentials from the compromised machines..... [Continue Reading..]