Ransomware Hackers Using AuKill Tool to Disable EDR Software Using BYOVD Attack

Apr 24, 2023Ravie LakshmananEndpoint Security / BYOVD Threat actors are employing a previously undocumented “defense evasion tool” dubbed AuKill that’s designed to disable endpoint detection and response (EDR) software by means of a Bring Your Own Vulnerable Driver (BYOVD) attack. “The AuKill tool abuses an outdated version of the driver used by version 16.32 of…

Russia-linked hackers seek to ‘disrupt or destroy’ UK infrastructure

UK Cabinet Office Minister Oliver Dowden has warned that Russia-aligned hackers are seeking to disrupt or destroy Britain’s critical infrastructure. In a speech at the CyberUK conference in Belfast, Dowden unveiled new measures to support businesses “on the front line of our cyber defences” and described the hackers as “Wagner-like,” a reference to the Russian…