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Should I protect my antivirus with password or it doesn't matter ?
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<blockquote data-quote="Zero Knowledge" data-source="post: 868363" data-attributes="member: 57429"><p>Yes you should password protect AV, Firewall, and all other security software.</p><p></p><p>I've noticed a shift from attackers, instead of disabling/uninstalling AV completely, they turn on silent mode/gaming mode and that basically turns off the AV without raising indicators of compromise. It's hard to notice this change because you have to check the AV logs to notice, if gaming mode/silent mode is activated in some software there is no popup.</p><p></p><p>The first thing a attacker will do is try to escalate to admin, local privesc bugs are worth their weight in gold. Then they will try and drop files and drivers to disk for persistence, then progress to take over firewall controls/settings to allow a RAT/Backdoor/RDP to function. Even APT crews need to drop files to disk, they always do because fileless malware only gets you so far. If you need to do the dirty work you need to drop files to disk.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Zero Knowledge, post: 868363, member: 57429"] Yes you should password protect AV, Firewall, and all other security software. I've noticed a shift from attackers, instead of disabling/uninstalling AV completely, they turn on silent mode/gaming mode and that basically turns off the AV without raising indicators of compromise. It's hard to notice this change because you have to check the AV logs to notice, if gaming mode/silent mode is activated in some software there is no popup. The first thing a attacker will do is try to escalate to admin, local privesc bugs are worth their weight in gold. Then they will try and drop files and drivers to disk for persistence, then progress to take over firewall controls/settings to allow a RAT/Backdoor/RDP to function. Even APT crews need to drop files to disk, they always do because fileless malware only gets you so far. If you need to do the dirty work you need to drop files to disk. [/QUOTE]
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