Eugene and Costin in Japan

Eugene and Costin have gone to Tokyo this week. They will be meeting other antivirus and security experts at the AVAR conference.

Every year this meeting discusses new technologies and threats in network security.

Eugene and Costin will be sending news back from the conference to this blog.

If you want to find out more, you can visit the AVAR site.

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.