Mirage Kitten targeting aviation and FinTech sectors across the Middle East and Africa with a new malware set
Kaspersky reports Mirage Kitten targeting aviation and fintech organizations across the Middle East and Africa with new NodeRabbit and PollCat backdoors.
Kaspersky researchers documented new Mirage Kitten operations against aviation and fintech organizations in the Middle East and Africa. The campaign uses two previously undocumented backdoors: NodeRabbit, written in Node.js, and PollCat, written in JavaScript. The findings expand the group's known toolset and TTPs.
- New Node.js backdoor NodeRabbit
- New JavaScript backdoor PollCat
- Targets aviation and fintech in Middle East and Africa
- Discovered by Kaspersky Securelist researchers
- Vendors
- Kaspersky
- Products
- NodeRabbitPollCat
- Threat actors
- Mirage Kitten
- Malware
- NodeRabbitPollCat
- Organizations
- Kaspersky
- Countries
- Middle EastAfrica
From the original article

Kaspersky researchers have discovered new Mirage Kitten attacks using previously undocumented malware families: NodeRabbit in Node. js and PollCat in JavaScript.
By Omar Amin · securelist.com
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