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7 stories taggedBYOVD.

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Threat Intelligence

Silver Fox Hackers Chain Three Vulnerable Drivers to Plant ValleyRAT on Japanese Factory

The Chinese crew abused legitimate but flawed Windows drivers to switch off security tools before dropping a remote-access trojan.

4 min read
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Threat Intelligence

Cruciferra: The Malware-Hiding Service Fuelling Attacks on Indian Taxpayers

A China-linked group is using a paid tool called Cruciferra to smuggle remote-access malware onto Windows machines, with tax-themed phishing emails as the way in.

4 min read
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Ransomware

A Microsoft-Approved Driver Is Helping 'GodDamn' Ransomware Gut US Security Tools

A rebranded criminal gang called Hyadina is using a signed Windows driver to kill antivirus software before locking victims' files. The driver carries a legitimate Microsoft stamp, and nobody knows quite how that happened.

3 min read
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Ransomware

Anubis Affiliates Ride Citrix Bleed 2 Into Enterprise Networks

Ransomware crews are chaining CVE-2025-5777 with RMM tooling and stolen credentials to skip past MFA entirely.

3 min read
Ransomware

The Gentlemen RaaS Platform Enhances Arsenal with EDR Killer Framework

The Gentlemen's new EDR killer, 'GentleKiller', arms affiliates with advanced intrusion tools.

2 min read
Ransomware

The Gentlemen RaaS Ships an In-House EDR Killer to Affiliates

GentleKiller bundles signed-driver abuse, third-party utilities, and a kill list of roughly 400 security processes — handed out as part of the affiliate package.

2 min read
Vulnerabilities

When the Hardware Isn't There: Coaxing Vulnerable Drivers Into Range

BYOVD research keeps colliding with a stubborn problem — many kernel drivers refuse to talk unless their device is plugged in. New work shows how to make them talk anyway.

2 min read
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