ESET says Gentlemen RaaS gives affiliates a GentleKiller EDR-killer suite targeting 400 processes across 48 security tools.

Ransomware EDR killer toolkit GentleKiller has hit 478 victims across 70+ countries by using BYOVD kernel-level driver ...

Traditional EDR defense is under threat after a criminal group added a sophisticated capability to shut it down, warns ESET.

ESET researchers analyzed the robust EDR-killing toolset of the ransomware-as-a-service gang Gentlemen. Since the beginning of 2026, Gentlemen has emerged as one of the most active gangs in the ...

To date, ESET Research has discovered eight distinct variants, each impersonating a different legitimate product and abusing a different vulnerable or malicious driver. Despite these surface-level ...

The Poortry/BurntCigar toolkit has added more ways for it to evade detection, evolved into something akin to a rootkit. Defenders are being warned that a tool used by several ransomware gangs to ...

CrowdStrike’s unified platform architecture and advanced AI drive perfect scores in largest real-world ransomware test, stopping all known and unknown threats Modern adversaries are more sophisticated ...

Based on the explosion of ransomware, combining network and security through strategies, such as network detection and response, is important since an NDR detects, analyzes and responds to threats in ...

RansomHub ransomware operators are now deploying new malware to disable Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) security software in Bring Your Own Vulnerable Driver (BYOVD) attacks. Named ...

Tony Anscombe, chief security evangelist at ESET. The evolution of ransomware means that in 2026, African organisations can expect more targeted phishing attacks, the rise of endpoint detection and ...

Prinz Eugen ransomware targets recently modified files first and skips ransom notes, exposing backup, EDR, and incident ...

The early days of the internet when antivirus software was the only protection from online threats are long gone. New tools like Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) have been developed to fill the ...