Patch Tuesday fixes BYOVD attack with Windows Kernel Vulnerable Driver Blocklist file. Windows 11 24H2 update causes issues ...

BYOVD has been a fact of life for at least a decade. Malware dubbed "Slingshot" employed BYOVD since at least 2012, and other early entrants to the BYOVD scene included LoJax, InvisiMole, and ...

This BYOVD primer, authored by ESET's Michal Poslušný, lists a host of other known vulnerable drivers that have been used to break Microsoft's DSE.. Given the history, you might think that ...

It claimed Microsoft had spotted BYOVD attacks exploiting CVE-2025-0289, an insecure kernel resource access vulnerability in version 17 of Paragon Partition Manager’s BioNTdrv.sys driver. The exploit ...

Microsoft has released the KB5049981 cumulative update for Windows 10 22H2 and Windows 10 21H2, which contains an updated Kernel driver blocklist to prevent Bring Your Own Vulnerable Driver (BYOVD ...

Using the BYOVD technique for privilege escalation has been typical for nation-state actors and ransomware groups, and is rarely observed with info-stealers.

Microsoft failed to properly update its blocklist of malicious drivers on Windows PCs for around three years, leaving devices vulnerable to bring your own vulnerable driver (BYOVD) attacks.

After BYOVD exploits were reported in late 2022, Microsoft issued various statements indicating that it was working on the problem, for example telling Ars Technica, “The vulnerable driver list ...

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.

CVE-2015-2291 is a years-old security vulnerability - but cyber criminals are still able to take advantage of unpatched systems to compromise networks.