Malware Calendar Wallpaper for March 2011

Here’s the latest of our malware wallpaper calendars.

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This month we’ve highlighted some malware-related dates for the month of March, including the well-known trigger date of the Michelangelo virus. I remember well that the number of real-world triggers in 1992 were very few in number – certainly out of all proportion with some of the dire warnings we saw in the media in the run up to 6 March.

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.