Fileless Malware: Master of Disguise
Fileless malware is a popular means of infiltrating systems unnoticed by cyber criminals. Also known as non-malware, zero-footprint, or macro-attack, it differs from traditional malware in that it does not need to install malicious software to infect a victim's computer. Instead, it exploits the existing vulnerabilities on the device: The malware embeds itself in the computer's RAM and uses common system tools for its attacks to inject malicious code into normally safe, trustworthy processes, for example javaw.exe or iexplore.exe . Attack Techniques and How Fileless Malware Works It ...