Security News > 2020 > July > What are script-based attacks and what can be done to prevent them?

As most endpoint security products handle file-based attacks relatively well, scripts are an excellent way for attackers to avoid making changes to a disk, thus bypassing the threat detection capabilities of most products.

This article provides an overview of the current script threat landscape as well as the most common script attacks and methods.

Attackers can use many types of script files to carry out an attack - the most popular being PowerShell, JavaScript, HTA, VBA, VBS, and batch scripts.

One major drawback of script-based attacks is that, unless deployed via an exploit, user interaction is required for the script to run.

With script-based attacks on the rise, organizations need to be ready to combat attacks in which the entire attack sequence occurs in memory.

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