Tag: Microsoft Defender

Multi-Stage Windows Malware Abuses Cloud Services to Disable Microsoft Defender

jkdotin Jan 22, 2026 0 48

Security researchers have uncovered a sophisticated Windows malware campaign that relies on social engineering, malicious shortcuts, and abused cloud services like GitHub and Dropbox to bypass Microsoft Defender and deploy ransomware, RATs, and banking trojans without exploiting software vulnerabilities.