# The hidden work of modernizing Malwarebytes

DevFeed: [The hidden work of modernizing Malwarebytes](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/the-hidden-work-of-modernizing-malwarebytes-8434.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/inside-malwarebytes/2026/09/the-hidden-work-of-modernizing-malwarebytes>)

Author: Anna Tukhtarova

Published: 2026-09-04T17:15:42Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Malwarebytes](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/malwarebytes.md>)

Topics: [.NET](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/net.md>), [migration](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/migration.md>), [Endpoint Security & XDR](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/endpoint-security-xdr.md>), [Operating system](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/operating-system.md>)

Tags: [diagnostics](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/diagnostics.md>), [drivers](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/drivers.md>), [endpoint-security](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/endpoint-security.md>), [engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/engineering.md>), [inside-malwarebytes](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/inside-malwarebytes.md>), [migration](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/migration.md>), [modernization](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/modernization.md>), [net](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/net.md>), [security](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/security.md>)

## AI overview

The article explains Malwarebytes' migration of its managed Windows components to .NET 10 and why runtime and dependency upgrades require security-feature-level rigor in endpoint software.

## Source excerpt

Why disciplined dependency modernization is one of the highest-leverage engineering investments a security product can make.