Hacker News with Generative AI: EDR

Ransomware gang encrypted network from a webcam to bypass EDR (bleepingcomputer.com)
The Akira ransomware gang was spotted using an unsecured webcam to launch encryption attacks on a victim's network, effectively circumventing Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR), which was blocking the encryptor in Windows.
How is my Browser blocking RWX execution? (rwxstoned.github.io)
While testing payloads, I stumbled across a security feature implemented within a popular browser, which acts like an EDR. By hooking a key Windows API, it checks thread creation at runtime and then decides whether this should run or not.