"Fileless Malware Attacks Hit Milestone in 2017"

According to Carbon Black’s 2017 Threat Report, there has been a significant increase in fileless malware attacks as they account for the majority of cyberattacks in 2017. Fileless malware attacks require less steps to be deployed and use native operating system tools such as PowerShell and WMI in order to exploit in-memory access, Web browsers, and Office applications, thus making the use of such attacks more attractive to cybercriminals. This article further discusses the findings of the report in relation to the surge of fileless malware attacks, overall increase of cyberattacks, and top malware families in 2017, in addition to the growth of the ransomware industry.

Dark Reading reports "Fileless Malware Attacks Hit Milestone in 2017"