PowerShell/NetWalk.B!tr

Analysis

PowerShell/NetWalk.B!tr is classified as a trojan.
A trojan is a type of malware that performs activites without the user’s knowledge. These activities commonly include establishing remote access connections, capturing keyboard input, collecting system information, downloading/uploading files, dropping other malware into the infected system, performing denial-of-service (DoS) attacks, and running/terminating processes.
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Outbreak Alert

Versions prior to R1 2020 (2020.1.114) are susceptible to remote code execution attacks on affected web servers of Telerik User Interface (UI) for ASP-NET due to a deserialization vulnerability found in RadAsyncUpload function. FortiGuard Labs continue seeing high exploitation activity of these old vulnerabilities.

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Recommended Action

• Make sure that your FortiGate/FortiClient system is using the latest AV database.
• Quarantine/delete files that are detected and replace infected files with clean backup copies.