BlackSanta is a malware module that kills EDR and AV at the kernel level prior to unleashing the malware’s final purpose.

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.

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

ESET researchers document how the Sednit APT group has reemerged with a modern toolkit centered on two paired implants – BeardShell and Covenant.