More arrests

Nkem Owoh, who played a 419 scammer in the Nigerian comedy The Master, was among 111 alleged 419 scammers arrested in The Netherlands recently. Owoh sang the title song from the film, ‘I go chop your dollar’.

By our calculation, this brings the total number of arrests so far this year to 301, with 21 convictions.

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.