WastedLocker ransomware abuses Windows feature to evade detection


The WastedLocker ransomware is abusing a Windows memory management feature to evade detection by security software.

Before we get to how WastedLocker is evading detection, it is necessary to understand how anti-ransomware solutions detect ransomware.

Anti-ransomware solutions will monitor the operating system for file system calls traditionally used by ransomware when encrypting a file.

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Source: Bleeping Computer