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Bad Actors Manipulate Red-Team Tools to Evade Detection

ID: 8f7c21dc-b5fb-572a-a172-b3f78b751045

STIX ID: report--8f7c21dc-b5fb-572a-a172-b3f78b751045

Feed Name: Dark Reading

Threat Score
65/100

Date Published: 2024-10-16

Date Updated: 2026-04-21

Author: Dark Reading Staff

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Researchers warn that EDRSilencer — an open-source red-team tool that detects and interferes with EDR solutions via the Windows Filtering Platform — is being repurposed by threat actors to mute security alerts and disrupt telemetry for multiple major EDR products, increasing the risk of stealthy malware and ransomware operations.

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