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Purple_Socks
Jul 28, 2021Copper Contributor
Inconsistent Defender Search Results When Searching by Hash
I am seeing inconsistent search results in Defender when searching for a file by hash. I saved a file to my desktop and sent it via email. I hashed the file with SHA1, SHA256, and MD5 algorithms. Whe...
jbmartin6
Sep 06, 2022Iron Contributor
Deleted I think this is still the case, the resolution seems to be always use SHA1. At least, the API docs say to always use SHA1, and I have seen the same sort of inconsistent results searching with other hashes.
Anonymous
Sep 06, 2022Thanks for the update.
Yes, this is a problem... especially given IOC's are usually given as SHA256.
My life just got more complicated.
Yes, this is a problem... especially given IOC's are usually given as SHA256.
My life just got more complicated.