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Hackers Hide Microsoft Defender Exclusions From Admins to Evade Antivirus Scans


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2026-10-01 06:18:51
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Threat actors are increasingly abusing Microsoft Defender Antivirus exclusions to keep malicious files outside the reach of endpoint scans, and a little-known policy setting can conceal those exclusions from administrators using normal management tools. Huntress researchers found that attackers can combine broad Defender exclusions with the HideExclusionsFromLocalAdmins setting, creating a stealthy defense-evasion path that leaves […]


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