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Evading Windows Defender
Master advanced evasion techniques against Windows Defender's real-time protection and behavioral monitoring systems. In this lab, you'll work with two systems: a Kali Linux attacker machine to generate payloads and a Windows target with Defender enabled. You'll begin by generating and obfuscating PowerShell payloads that execute in memory to avoid detection. Then you'll implement process injection techniques to hide malicious code within legitimate Windows processes. Throughout the lab, you'll verify successful evasion by analyzing Windows Defender logs and status–demonstrating how modern red team operators bypass endpoint protection during authorized security assessments. **Final Outcome** After completing this Windows Defender evasion lab, you will be able to: - Generate obfuscated PowerShell payloads that evade behavioral detection. - Implement process injection to hide within trusted processes. - Transfer payloads between attacker and target systems. - Analyze Windows Defender logs to verify evasion success. - Apply multiple evasion techniques in combination. - Document and validate bypass techniques.
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Challenge
Create PowerShell-Based Evasive Payload
You'll generate PowerShell payloads on Kali using simple but effective evasion techniques. Variable substitution and strategic code structure prevent Windows Defender from matching known malicious signatures. After transferring and executing these payloads on the Windows target, you'll verify successful evasion by checking Windows Defender logs showing zero threat detections. By the end, you'll have a working PowerShell payload that successfully bypasses Windows Defender's real-time protection.
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Process Injection to Evade Real-Time Protection
You'll use shellcode to perform process injection into legitimate Windows processes such as
win32calc.exe. The injection technique allocates memory in the target process, writes shellcode, and creates a remote thread for execution. You'll verify successful injection through Metasploit connections and confirm Windows Defender generated no alerts. By the end, you'll understand how process injection evades behavioral monitoring by hiding within trusted processes. -
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The Last Objective
Welcome to the final objective! This is your last chance to experiment in the environment. Clicking Finish Lab will end this little world that flittered into existence just for you.
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