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Title: Ransomware Actor Abuses Genshin Impact Anti-Cheat Driver to Kill Antivirus
Post by: HCK on October 10, 2022, 04:05:12 pm
Ransomware Actor Abuses Genshin Impact Anti-Cheat Driver to Kill Antivirus

We investigate mhyprot2.sys, a vulnerable anti-cheat driver for the popular role-playing game Genshin Impact. The driver is currently being abused by a ransomware actor to kill antivirus processes and services for mass-deploying ransomware.
Source: Ransomware Actor Abuses Genshin Impact Anti-Cheat Driver to Kill Antivirus (https://www.trendmicro.com/en_us/research/22/h/ransomware-actor-abuses-genshin-impact-anti-cheat-driver-to-kill-antivirus.html)