Panda Security add Powershell to it’s list of potential security problems in 2016

[Petrovic]

In a new report by Panda Security, they outline some of the threats they anticipate for the coming year.

 

It’s a pretty standard report where they talk about the usual suspects –Internet of Things, cyberpayments and cryptology etc.

What is interesting is that they also list Powershell in Windows 10 as a possible issue.

 

From the article:

The creation and spreading of new malware samples, aimed at infecting users, will continue growing at an exponential rate, just as we have seen in in 2015 where the number of new samples registered daily reached 230,000.
During 2016 there is a predicted increase in infections via JavaScript and a growth in the number of cybercriminals using Powershell, a tool included in Windows 10 that allows scripts with all types of functionalities to be executed, which could be used to attack users.

 

That’s interesting because with a user base target of one billion people, that’s a lot of potential victims.

 

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