Windows malware

Publications

Financial Cyberthreats in 2020

This research is a continuation of our annual financial threat reports providing an overview of the latest trends and key events across the financial threat landscape. The study covers the common phishing threats, along with Windows and Android-based financial malware.

Malware descriptions

Oh, what a boot-iful mornin’

In mid-April, our threat monitoring systems detected malicious files being distributed under the name “on the new initiative of the World Bank in connection with the coronavirus pandemic” (in Russian) with the extension EXE or RAR. Inside the files was the well-known Rovnix bootkit.

APT trends report Q1 2020

For more than two years, the Global Research and Analysis Team (GReAT) at Kaspersky has been publishing quarterly summaries of advanced persistent threat (APT) activity. This is our latest installment, focusing on activities that we observed during Q1 2020.

Financial Cyberthreats in 2019

Methodology Financial cyberthreats are malicious programs that target users of services such as online banking, e-money, and cryptocurrency, or that attempt to gain access to financial organizations and their infrastructure. These threats are usually accompanied by spam and phishing activities, with malicious users creating fake financial-themed pages and emails to steal victims’ credentials. In order

Loncom packer: from backdoors to Cobalt Strike

After the previous story went out, we conducted a detailed analysis of the samples we had obtained, with some interesting findings. All of the malware we examined from the campaign was packed with the same packer, which we named Trojan-Dropper.NSIS.Loncom.

Reports

Mysterious Elephant: a growing threat

Kaspersky GReAT experts describe the latest Mysterious Elephant APT activity. The threat actor exfiltrates data related to WhatsApp and employs tools such as BabShell and MemLoader HidenDesk.