Kaspersky Anti

Kudos to our development folks who’ve come up with a public beta version of the interesting KAV Web Scanner, a free service which scans your computer for viruses, and runs directly from a web page on our site.

We encourage everybody go ahead and take a look:

http://www.kaspersky.com/beta?product=161744315

Please keep in mind this is not a finished product so we are especially interested in any opinions and/or suggestions you may have. Feedback, queries and (ahem) bug reports should go to: webscannerbeta (at) kaspersky (dot) com

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.