Meanwhile, on the other side of the galaxy…

While everybody’s busy watching the Nyxem.e sittuation around the world, the virus writers are hardly taking any break.

For the past two days we’ve been tracking an increase in the number of Email-Worm.Win32.Bagle.fj samples up to the point that it is now topping our malware statistics.

It is worth noting that out of the couple hundred different malware which have been spreading quite well using e-mail during 2005, 25% have been Bagle variants. More 2005 statistics in an upcoming report from KL.

Kaspersky researchers have discovered new Mirage Kitten attacks using previously undocumented malware families: NodeRabbit in Node.js and PollCat in JavaScript.

Our experts discovered a new CoolClient backdoor variant with a kernel-mode rootkit driver that hides malicious processes, files, and network connections from security tools and threat analysts.

Kaspersky experts break down a new Armored Likho campaign that poses as a fundraising efforts and delivers a new Still Toolkit aimed at stealing Telegram data and eavesdropping on victims.

Kaspersky researchers reveal previously undocumented malware attributed to Mirage Kitten (UNC1549, Smoke Sandstorm, Nimbus Manticore): NightLedger backdoor, ArcBridge, and BridgeHead tunneling tools.