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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.

Russian hackers target HR departments with vicious new 'BlackSanta' malware

The malware is described as an 'EDR killer', stopping security solutions and suppressing notifications.

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.