Vulnerability of application control tools: Application control in Windows Defender Application Control (WDAC), a PowerShell Core automation tool, allows attackers to bypass existing security mechanisms.

The vulnerability of the application control tool, Windows Defender Application Control WDAC, a PowerShell Core automation tool, is related to security configuration errors. Exploiting this vulnerability allows a malicious actor to bypass existing security measures remotely...

The vulnerability of the application control tool: Windows Defender Application Control (WDAC), a PowerShell Core automation tool that allows attackers to gain unauthorized access to protected information.

The vulnerability of the application control tool, Windows Defender Application Control WDAC, a PowerShell Core automation tool, is related to security configuration errors. Exploiting this vulnerability can allow an attacker, operating remotely, to gain unauthorized access to protected informati...

The vulnerability of Microsoft Windows operating systems’ Windows Defender protection, allowing attackers to enhance their privileges.

The vulnerability of Microsoft Windows operating systems’ Windows Defender protection lies in privilege management errors. Exploiting this vulnerability can allow attackers to enhance their privileges...

What we like about Microsoft Defender for Endpoint

This blog post is part of the Microsoft Intelligent Security Association guest blog series. Learn more about MISA. It’s no secret that the security industry generally likes Microsoft Defender for Endpoint. After a few months of using and integrating it with our platform here at Expel, we feel the...

What we like about Microsoft Defender for Endpoint

This blog post is part of the Microsoft Intelligent Security Association guest blog series. Learn more about MISA. It’s no secret that the security industry generally likes Microsoft Defender for Endpoint. After a few months of using and integrating it with our platform here at Expel, we feel the...

12-Year-Old vulnerability in Windows Defender risked 1 billion devices

By Saad Rajpoot A vulnerability was identified in Windows Defender, an anti-malware component of Microsoft Windows that comes pre-installed with Windows. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: 12-Year-Old vulnerability in Windows Defender risked 1 billion devices...

Web shell attacks continue to rise

One year ago, we reported the steady increase in the use of web shells in attacks worldwide. The latest Microsoft 365 Defender data shows that this trend not only continued, it accelerated: every month from August 2020 to January 2021, we registered an average of 140,000 encounters of these threa...

Web shell attacks continue to rise

One year ago, we reported the steady increase in the use of web shells in attacks worldwide. The latest Microsoft 365 Defender data shows that this trend not only continued, it accelerated: every month from August 2020 to January 2021, we registered an average of 140,000 encounters of these threa...

A Windows Defender Flaw Lurked Undetected for 12 Years

Microsoft has finally patched the bug in its antivirus program after researchers spotted it last fall...

Windows Defender AMSI has a binary vulnerability

Microsoft English name: Microsoft; Chinese name: Microsoft Corporation or American Microsoft Corporation is an American multinational technology company that focuses on the business of developing, manufacturing, licensing, and providing a wide range of computer software services. A binary...

Microsoft Defender Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

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PT-2021-2067 · Microsoft · Windows Defender +3

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Microsoft Windows Codecs Library affected versions not specified Microsoft Windows Camera Codec Pack affected versions not specified Description: The issue is related to a remote code execution problem. It may allow remote attackers to execut...

Microsoft Defender Security Feature Issue Vulnerability

Microsoft Defender is a threat protection software from Microsoft Corporation USA. A security feature issue vulnerability exists in Microsoft Defender. The following products and versions are affected: Microsoft Endpoint Protection,Microsoft System Center Endpoint Protection,Microsoft System Cent...

Fixed vulnerabilities in Windows Defender and System Center Operations Manager

Microsoft has fixed vulnerabilities in Windows Defender and Microsoft System Center Operations Manager. A malicious party could vulnerabilities potentially exploit them to gain higher privileges. Windows Defender: |----------------|------|-------------------------------------| | CVE ID | CVSS |...

PT-2021-2082 · Microsoft · Windows +1

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Microsoft Defender versions prior to the fixed version Description: The issue is related to errors in privilege management in Microsoft Defender, which is part of the Microsoft Windows operating system. Exploitation of this issue may allow an...

Security Update for Windows Defender (February 2021)

The Malware Protection Engine version of Microsoft Windows Defender installed on the remote Windows host is equal or prior to 1.1.17700.4. It is, therefore, affected by a unspecified privilege escalation vulnerability. An authenticated, local attacker can exploit this to gain administrator access...

Why threat protection is critical to your Zero Trust security strategy

The corporate network perimeter has been completely redefined. Many IT leaders are adopting a Zero Trust security model where identities play a critical role in helping act as the foundation of their modern cybersecurity strategy. As a result, cybercriminals have shifted their focus and identitie...

What tracking an attacker email infrastructure tells us about persistent cybercriminal operations

From March to December 2020, we tracked segments of a dynamically generated email infrastructure that attackers used to send more than a million emails per month, distributing at least seven distinct malware families in dozens of campaigns using a variety of phishing lures and tactics. These...

What tracking an attacker email infrastructure tells us about persistent cybercriminal operations

From March to December 2020, we tracked segments of a dynamically generated email infrastructure that attackers used to send more than a million emails per month, distributing at least seven distinct malware families in dozens of campaigns using a variety of phishing lures and tactics. These...

ZINC attacks against security researchers

In recent months, Microsoft has detected cyberattacks targeting security researchers by an actor we track as ZINC. The campaign originally came to our attention after Microsoft Defender for Endpoint detected an attack in progress. Observed targeting includes pen testers, private offensive securit...