Forbes

Fileless Malware’s Free Ride: Why Hardware Is The Game-Changer

Camellia Chan is the CEO and Cofounder of Flexxon, a next-generation hardware cybersecurity solutions provider with a global presence. In 2024 alone, fileless malware like HeadCrab doubled its grip on ...

PureLogs Stealer Hides Behind Fake PDF JavaScript and Blogger Pages in New VEIL#DROP Malware Campaign

PureLogs Stealer uses fake PDF JavaScript files and Google's Blogger pages in the VEIL#DROP campaign, enabling fileless ...
Threat Post

Attackers Use Event Logs to Hide Fileless Malware

A sophisticated campaign utilizes a novel anti-detection method. Researchers have discovered a malicious campaign utilizing a never-before-seen technique for quietly planting fileless malware on ...
SiliconANGLE

New ‘PyLoose’ fileless malware attacks target cloud workloads

Researchers at cybersecurity firm Wiz Inc. today detailed a newly discovered Python-based fileless malware that’s targeting cloud workloads. Dubbed “PyLoose,” the attack is said to be the first ...
Threat Post

Encrypted & Fileless Malware Sees Big Growth

An analysis of second-quarter malware trends shows that threats are becoming stealthier. A full 91.5 percent of malware was delivered using HTTPS-encrypted connections in the second quarter, ...
Infosecurity Magazine

Fileless Malware Abuses Google Blogspot to Deploy Infostealer in Memory

A fileless malware framework has been abusing Google's Blogspot platform to deliver the PureLog Stealer entirely in memory, letting attackers steal credentials while leaving few traces on disk.
Dark Reading

New Malware Uses Novel Fileless Technique to Evade Detection

Researchers recently uncovered a new memory-resident malware family and installer that they say employ a unique and stealthy approach to hide from threat detection tools. FireEye's Mandiant advanced ...
Bleeping Computer

New PyLoose Linux malware mines crypto directly from memory

A new fileless malware named PyLoose has been targeting cloud workloads to hijack their computational resources for Monero cryptocurrency mining. PyLoose is a relatively simple Python script with a ...
HHS

What is a Fileless Cyberattack?

Cyber threat actors are constantly developing more and more sophisticated techniques to infect systems. The best-known method is using files that contain and inject malware, sent through systems such ...
HotHardware

Fileless Malware Could Be Lurking Inside Your Windows Event Logs

Another day another malware threat. Yes, yet another new way of delivering malware has shown up recently. That new way does not directly involve files but Windows Event Logs. According to security ...
PC World

Fileless Powershell malware uses DNS as covert communication channel

Targeted attacks are moving away from traditional malware to stealthier techniques that involve abusing standard system tools and protocols, some of which are not always monitored. The latest example ...