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Living-off-the-land tradecraft and PowerShell-heavy intrusions

April 3, 2026The Hacker News, The DFIR Report

The Hacker News and The DFIR Report emphasize attackers blending in by using built-in tools like PowerShell and WMIC, with recent cases showing PowerShell backdoors and discovery commands that look normal in enterprise telemetry.

Cyberattacks are shifting away from malware.
84% now use built-in tools like PowerShell and WMIC
Execution: Encrypted PowerShell backdoor
Discovery: PowerShell Cmdlets, WMI, and whoami
The Hacker News
The DFIR Report
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