Virus writers continue targeting Microsoft's latest ideas

Posted by Virus Bulletin on Aug 3, 2006

Another piece of malware for MS Powershell.

Another piece of malware for Microsoft's Powershell is making the news. The script virus exploits the new command shell, formerly known as Monad and originally planned to be part of the Vista release. Cibyz is described as 'experimental' and 'proof of concept', which can usually be taken to mean it doesn't really work. The same authors were also behind last year's Damon/Danom script, which kicked up controversy between Microsoft and F-Secure.

Read about Cibyz at vnunet.

And at The Register.

Posted on 02 August 2006 by Virus Bulletin

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