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Antivirus Bypass Techniques

You're reading from   Antivirus Bypass Techniques Learn practical techniques and tactics to combat, bypass, and evade antivirus software

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Product type Paperback
Published in Jul 2021
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781801079747
Length 242 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Uriel Kosayev Uriel Kosayev
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Nir Yehoshua Nir Yehoshua
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Table of Contents (13) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Section 1: Know the Antivirus – the Basics Behind Your Security Solution
2. Chapter 1: Introduction to the Security Landscape FREE CHAPTER 3. Chapter 2: Before Research Begins 4. Chapter 3: Antivirus Research Approaches 5. Section 2: Bypass the Antivirus – Practical Techniques to Evade Antivirus Software
6. Chapter 4: Bypassing the Dynamic Engine 7. Chapter 5: Bypassing the Static Engine 8. Chapter 6: Other Antivirus Bypass Techniques 9. Section 3: Using Bypass Techniques in the Real World
10. Chapter 7: Antivirus Bypass Techniques in Red Team Operations 11. Chapter 8: Best Practices and Recommendations 12. Other Books You May Enjoy

Introducing the Windows operating system

As in this book we are discussing bypassing Windows-based antivirus software, we will now discuss the Windows operating system and its security protection mechanisms.

The earliest Windows operating systems were developed for specific CPUs and other hardware specifications. Windows NT introduced a new breed of Windows, a process-independent operating system that also supports multiprocessing, a multi-user environment, and offers a separate version for workstations and servers.

Initially, Windows NT was written for 32-bit processors, but it was later expanded to a broader architecture range, including IA-32, MIPS, Itanium, ARM, and more. Microsoft also added support for 64-bit CPU architectures along with major new features such as Windows API/Native API, Active Directory, NTFS, Hardware Abstraction Layer, security improvements, and many more.

Over the years, many parties criticized Microsoft for its lack of emphasis on information security...

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