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GitHub & Dropbox Weaponized: “Defendnot” Tool Used to Disable Windows Defender

ID: 5684809f-dc7a-5795-a6a1-a20b0a8e2a2f

STIX ID: report--5684809f-dc7a-5795-a6a1-a20b0a8e2a2f

Feed Name: securityonline.info

Threat Score
75/100

Date Published: 2026-01-22

Date Updated: 2026-04-23

Author: Ddos

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### Executive summary FortiGuard Labs uncovered a sophisticated multi-stage campaign targeting users in Russia that leverages social-engineered business documents, abuses the Defendnot research tool to disable Microsoft Defender, and uses GitHub and Dropbox to host modular components; attackers deploy Amnesia RAT for long-term access and end with ransomware/WinLocker to destroy data.

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