New ‘BlackSanta’ EDR killer spotted targeting HR departments

For more than a year, a Russian-speaking threat actor targeted human resource (HR) departments with malware that delivers a new EDR killer named BlackSanta.
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‘BlackSanta’ Malware Activates EDR and AV Killer Before Detonating Payload

BlackSanta is a malware module that kills EDR and AV at the kernel level prior to unleashing the malware’s final purpose.

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