GentleKiller: Inside the Ransomware Framework Disabling 400+ EDR Security Products
ESET researchers have exposed GentleKiller, the in-house EDR-killing framework of the Gentlemen ransomware gang, capable of disabling over 400 security processes across 48 products using BYOVD kernel driver...
EDRChoker: New Red Team Tool Silences Cloud-Connected EDR Agents by Choking Network With Windows QoS
A new open-source tool called EDRChoker throttles EDR agent network connections to 8 bps using Windows native Policy-Based QoS, effectively blinding cloud-connected endpoint security tools without generating WFP...
WatchGuard Agent Vulnerabilities Allow Attackers to Escalate to Full SYSTEM Privileges on Windows
WatchGuard has released urgent security updates patching four high-severity vulnerabilities in the WatchGuard Agent for Windows, including chained CVE-2026-6787 and CVE-2026-6788 flaws (CVSS 8.5) that grant NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM...
Fortinet Issues Emergency Patch for Actively Exploited FortiClient EMS Zero-Day CVE-2026-35616
A critical zero-day vulnerability (CVE-2026-35616, CVSS 9.1) in Fortinet FortiClient EMS was exploited in the wild before Fortinet published its advisory. The pre-authentication flaw allows remote code execution...