AZORult++: Rewriting history
The AZORult Trojan is one of the most commonly bought and sold stealers in Russian forums. Despite the relatively high price tag ($100), buyers...
Divide and conquer: how the new Keenadu backdoor exposed links between major Android botnets
In April 2025, we reported on a then-new iteration of the Triada backdoor that had compromised the firmware of counterfeit Android devices sold across...
Threat Landscape for Industrial Automation Systems in H2 2018
H2 2018 in figures
All statistical data used in this report was collected using the Kaspersky Security Network (KSN), a distributed antivirus network. The data...
Skygofree: Following in the footsteps of HackingTeam
At the beginning of October 2017, we discovered new Android spyware with several features previously unseen in the wild. In the course of further...
A vulnerable driver: lesson almost learned
Recently, we started receiving suspicious events from our internal sandbox Exploit Checker plugin. Our heuristics for supervisor mode code execution in the user address...
The world’s southernmost security conference
When asked about his best race, Ayrton Senna replied that it was when he raced karting cars. For him it was the best because...
A predatory tale: Who’s afraid of the thief?
In mid-February, Kaspersky Lab received a request for incident response from one of its clients. The individual who initially reported the issue to our...
How to steal a million (of your data)
Any user data — from passwords for entertainment services to electronic copies of documents — is highly prized by intruders. The reason is simply...
Financial threats in H1 2019
Introduction and methodology
Financial cyberthreats are malicious programs that attack users of online banking services, electronic money, cryptocurrency and other similar services, as well as...
Ransomware and malicious crypto miners in 2016-2018
Ransomware is not an unfamiliar threat. For the last few years it has been affecting the world of cybersecurity, infecting and blocking access to...
















