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Microsoft Defender can be tricked
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Microsoft's antivirus program Defender contains a component that is intended to detect and prevent the execution of malicious code using Rundll32.exe. However, this mechanism can be easily tricked, as a security researcher has discovered. All that is needed for the cyber attack is a simple comma to get past Microsoft Defender. All you have to do is insert an additional comma in the correct place in the code below and Microsoft Defender will see a harmless file instead of the threat. Security researcher John Page discovered the critical vulnerability. The vulnerability was discovered by Computer Emergency Response…

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Tricked: Microsoft Defender runs malware
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LockBit actors use Windows Defender command-line tool MpCmdRun.exe to infect PCs with Cobalt Strike Beacon. After that, the ransomware LockBit will be installed. Microsoft should be on high alert if they aren't already. Cybersecurity research company SentinelOne has released news: They have discovered that Microsoft's internal anti-malware solution is being abused to load Cobalt Strike Beacon onto victim PCs and servers. In this case, the attackers are operators of LockBit Ransomware as a Service (RaaS). As a starting point for the attack, the command-line tool in Defender called MpCmdRun.exe is abused to…

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