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Attackers Can Conceal Microsoft Defender Exclusions From PowerShell Queries

Cyber Press
Cyber Press
Published October 1, 2026Original Report

Malware Families

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Microsoft Defender Antivirus allows administrators to create exclusions so that specific files, folders, processes, or IP addresses are not scanned. This is useful for trusted applications but dangerous if misused. Defender supports four main exclusion types: process, path, extension, and IP address. Path and extension exclusions are especially valuable to attackers because they can disable scanning on entire directories or file types, allowing malicious binaries to run…

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Diamond Model

SOCIAL AXISTECHNOLOGY AXISADVERSARYunknownINFRASTRUCTUREunknownCAPABILITYGootloaderWhisperGateVICTIMunknown
Adversary
Infrastructure
Capability(2)
Victim

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TypeIndicatorConfidenceScoreFirst Seen
MD53eb6f92aedf74f109c7b4b0897ec39a8HighScore 81/100First seen
MD5f6cb87781fae48a69b8052259fbcf6f1MediumScore 53/100First seen

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