Qilin and Warlock Ransomware Use Vulnerable Drivers to Disable 300+ EDR Tools

Apr 6, 2026

Threat actors associated with Qilin and Warlock ransomware operations have been observed using the bring your own vulnerable driver (BYOVD) technique to silence security tools running on compromised hosts, according to findings from Cisco Talos and Trend Micro.
Qilin attacks analyzed by Talos have been found to deploy a malicious DLL named “msimg32.dll,”

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