Kaspersky Security Bulletin 2022
The end of the year is always a nice time to take a look on the main developments and incidents that took place in the cyber security industry over the preceding 12 months. To review the impact these events had on organizations and individuals, and predict what they could mean for the overall evolution of the threat landscape, Kaspersky continues its series of annual Kaspersky Security Bulletin publications.
Reports
ToddyCat: your hidden email assistant. Part 2
An in-depth analysis of Umbrij, a new tool used by the ToddyCat APT group to compromise corporate email communications in Gmail. The attack targeted OAuth authorization tokens, allowing threat actors to gain access to Google services.
Cloud Atlas activity in the second half of 2025 and early 2026: new tools and a new payload
Cloud Atlas attacks the public sector and diplomatic structures of Russia and Belarus, using ReverseSocks, SSH, and Tor for persistence in infected systems and its new tool, PowerCloud.
Kimsuky targets organizations with PebbleDash-based tools
Kaspersky researchers analyze a range of new PebbleDash-based tools used in recent Kimsuky campaigns and reveal their connection to the AppleSeed malware cluster.
OceanLotus suspected of using PyPI to deliver ZiChatBot malware
Kaspersky researchers uncovered malicious wheel packages in PyPI that targeted both Windows and Linux and contained a dropper delivering malware dubbed ZiChatBot. We attribute this activity to OceanLotus APT.
