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Kernel eviction notice: What wesp.sys reveals about the Windows Endpoint Security Platform
Microsoft is building a way for EDR products to run outside the Windows kernel. It is called the Windows Endpoint Security Platform, and two of its binaries already ship in Windows Insider build. One is the kernel driver wesp.sys, the other the user-mode API espclient.dll. Microsoft wants one kernel driver it maintains itself, in place of the one every security vendor currently ships, after the July 2024 CrowdStrike update crashed 8.5 million machines. WESP is undocumented, but the binaries…
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