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Ransomware Used Microsoft-Signed Malicious Driver to Kill EDR: 10 Hosts Hit Before Encryption - Tech Times

By John Bright

Ransomware Used Microsoft-Signed Malicious Driver to Kill EDR: 10 Hosts Hit Before Encryption - Tech Times

Ransomware EDR killers just leveled up: GodDamn ransomware used PoisonX β€” a kernel driver bearing a legitimate Microsoft Hardware Compatibility Publisher signature β€” to terminate security software on...

A ransomware operation that has quietly evolved for four years just achieved something security researchers say they had not seen before: it obtained a legitimately signed Microsoft kernel driver des… [+16936 chars]

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