Bitdefender have released research documenting three previously undocumented attack techniques that abuse a legitimate Windows feature called bind links to bypass endpoint detection and response (EDR) and built-in Windows defenses, including AMSI, AppLocker, Windows Firewall, and Sysmon.
The techniques abuse a virtualization feature built into Windows 10 RS4+ and Windows 11 to redirect trusted file paths to attacker-controlled files — without modifying files on disk.
Key findings:
- Three novel bind link attack techniques (File-Binding, Process-Binding, and Silo-Binding) evade security detection at the kernel level
- Silo-Binding, the most advanced of the three, splits the filesystem into two views so malicious code executes inside an isolated container while security tools outside see only clean, legitimate files
- Bitdefender successfully verified the techniques in a live environment, bypassing EDR defenses with the infostealer Invoke-Mimikatz
You can read the report here:https://businessinsights.bitdefender.com/bind-link-abuses-windows-feature-edr-evasion-technique.
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Novel Attack Techniques Abuse Windows Virtualization Feature to Evade EDR & Security
Bitdefender have released research documenting three previously undocumented attack techniques that abuse a legitimate Windows feature called bind links to bypass endpoint detection and response (EDR) and built-in Windows defenses, including AMSI, AppLocker, Windows Firewall, and Sysmon.
The techniques abuse a virtualization feature built into Windows 10 RS4+ and Windows 11 to redirect trusted file paths to attacker-controlled files — without modifying files on disk.
Key findings:
You can read the report here:https://businessinsights.bitdefender.com/bind-link-abuses-windows-feature-edr-evasion-technique.
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