Patch Tuesday: a friendly reminder

Yesterday Microsoft published its regular monthly security bulletins. One of them (MS06-066) addresses a vulnerability rated ‘Important’; the others (MS06-067 through MS06-071) fix a series of vulnerabilities rated ‘Critical’.

Further details can be found here.

As usual, make sure you patch your system(s) as soon as possible, to minimise your exposure to malicious code.

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.