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Mirage Kitten targets Middle East and Africa region with new malware
Mirage Kitten – also known as UNC1549, Smoke Sandstorm, and Nimbus Manticore – is an advanced persistent threat (APT) group focused on cyber-espionage operations against aerospace, aviation, defense, and telecommunications sectors across the Middle East and…
State-sponsoredMalware

KasperskyPublished 28 Jul

Kaspersky discovers Keenadu – a multifaceted Android malware that can come preinstalled on new devices
Kaspersky has detected a new malware for Android devices that it dubbed Keenadu. This malware is distributed in multiple forms – it can be preinstalled directly into devices’ firmware, embedded within system apps, or even downloaded from official app stores…
MalwareMobile

KasperskyPublished 17 Feb

The HoneyMyte APT evolves with a kernel-mode rootkit and a ToneShell backdoor
In mid-2025, we identified a malicious driver file on computer systems in Asia. The driver file is signed with an old, stolen, or leaked digital certificate and registers as a mini-filter driver on infected machines. Its end-goal is to inject a backdoor…
State-sponsoredMalware

KasperskyPublished 29 Dec 2025

Securelist | Kaspersky’s threat research and reports
Kaspersky researchers uncovered malicious wheel packages in PyPI that targeted both Windows and Linux and contained a dropper delivering malware dubbed ZiChatBot. We attribute this activity to OceanLotus APT. Threats Webinars Register to Access All Kaspersky…
Malware

KasperskyPublished 16 Apr
Silver Fox uses the new ABCDoor backdoor to target organizations in Russia and India
In December 2025, we detected a wave of malicious emails designed to look like official correspondence from the Indian tax service. A few weeks later, in January 2026, a similar campaign began targeting Russian organizations. We have attributed this activity…
Malware

KasperskyPublished 30 Apr

Petya: the two-in-one trojan
Infecting the Master Boot Record (MBR) and encrypting files is nothing new in the world of malicious programs. Back in 1994, the virus OneHalf emerged that infected MBRs and encrypted the disk contents. However, that virus did not extort money. In 2011, MBR…
RansomwareMalware

KasperskyPublished 4 May 2016

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