Akira ransomware abuses CPU tuning tool to disable Microsoft Defender

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Akira ransomware abuses CPU tuning tool to disable Microsoft Defender

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Pulse of Truth@infosec.pubEnglish · 12 days ago

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Akira ransomware is abusing a legitimate Intel CPU tuning driver to turn off Microsoft Defender in attacks from security tools and EDRs running on target machines. […]

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