A Review on Fileless Malware Analysis Techniques
Vala Khushali
Abstract
Malware refers to any malicious code or program that is harmful to systems. It is a major threat to the security of information in computer systems. Some of the types of malware that are most commonly used are viruses, worms, Trojans, etc. Nowadays, the rise of a new malware known as fileless malware and its defensive strategies can be used to mitigate it. Fileless malware may be a class of malware that runs entirely in memory and leave as small of a footprint on the target host as possible. Fileless malware attack windows applications and system administration tools such as PowerShell and Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) to execute and spread fileless malware. In this paper, various Fileless malware detection and mitigation techniques are discussed and clear some misconceptions of technical details of Fileless malware.