Hackers Hide Microsoft Defender Exclusions From Admins to Evade Antivirus Scans
Huntress warns attackers hide Microsoft Defender exclusions so malware stays unscanned and invisible to admins.
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Defender Exclusion Abuse: How Attackers Hide Malware from MDAV
Huntress details how attackers abuse Microsoft Defender exclusions to hide malware from scans.
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Threat Brief: Ongoing Russia and Ukraine Cyber Activity
Ukrainian government sites were defaced via OctoberCMS CVE-2021-32648 while Microsoft-attributed actor DEV-0586 deployed destructive WhisperGate malware.
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