The BlackByte ransomware gang is using a new technique that researchers are calling “Bring Your Own Driver,” which enables bypassing protections by disabling more than 1,000 drivers used by various security solutions.
Recent attacks attributed to this group involved a version of the MSI Afterburner RTCore64.sys driver, which is vulnerable to a privilege escalation and code execution flaw tracked as CVE-2019-16098.
Exploiting the security issue allowed BlackByte to disable drivers that prevent multiple endpoint detection and response (EDR) and antivirus products from operating normally.
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Source: Bleeping Computer