evade detection
idiom
: to avoid being found out or discovered
His criminal activities somehow evaded detection.
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Scammers also use cross-platform operations to evade detection and bans by social media platforms.
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Kurt Knutsson, Cyberguy Report, Fox News, 4 Feb. 2025
Polymorphic and Metamorphic Malware Polymorphic and metamorphic malware are designed to constantly alter their code structure to evade detection.
—John Chirillo, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
Humanitarian aid workers fear Trump’s executive orders will push migrants to riskier routes outside of ports of entry, including through the Pajarito Mountains, to evade detection.
—Rafael Carranza, ProPublica, 3 Feb. 2025
In order to evade detection, infostealers can employ code obfuscation, compression, stealthy communications and rootlets to hide on the system.
—Davey Winder, Forbes, 23 Jan. 2025
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Kurt Knutsson, Cyberguy Report, Fox News, 4 Feb. 2025
Polymorphic and Metamorphic Malware Polymorphic and metamorphic malware are designed to constantly alter their code structure to evade detection.
—John Chirillo, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
Humanitarian aid workers fear Trump’s executive orders will push migrants to riskier routes outside of ports of entry, including through the Pajarito Mountains, to evade detection.
—Rafael Carranza, ProPublica, 3 Feb. 2025
In order to evade detection, infostealers can employ code obfuscation, compression, stealthy communications and rootlets to hide on the system.
—Davey Winder, Forbes, 23 Jan. 2025
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“Evade detection.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/evade%20detection. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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