{
  "id": 2402568,
  "title": "Microsoft Defender's Own Driver Can Be Weaponized to Delete Security Software at Boot",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/21/microsoft-defenders-own-driver-can-be-weaponized-to-delete-security",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-08-21T15:52:10.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Hacker News",
    "slug": "the-hacker-news",
    "url": "https://thehackernews.com/2026/08/microsoft-defenders-own-driver-can-be.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Check Point Research has disclosed a technique that uses Microsoft Defender's own legitimately signed boot-time remediation driver to perform arbitrary kernel-level file and registry operations on Windows systems ranging from Windows 7 through Windows 11 25H2, with no software flaw exploited and no driver imported from outside the machine. The driver, BTR.sys (Boot Time Removal Tool), is a",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}