Mirage Kitten targeting aviation and FinTech sectors across the Middle East and Africa with a new malware set
2026-09-03T20:51:46Z•01f4a5b3d3106bb1d48933ca9db7faa7d0eacc5300678771cc14637b63e47b67
APTAndroidArmored LikhoCoolClientDNS-based C2Google Apps Script C2Head MareHoneyMyteMirage KittenNodeRabbitPhantomCorePhantomGraphPollCatProject CAV3RNTelegram theftTrueConfValleyRATbackdoorcyber-espionageexploit-trendsindustrial-control-systemskernel-rootkitmalwareproxy-botnetvulnerabilities
What happened
Kaspersky Securelist reporting from August–September 2026 covers active cyber-espionage and malware campaigns, including Mirage Kitten malware targeting aviation and FinTech in the Middle East and Africa; ValleyRAT distributed as adware; Android malware targeting DoFun vehicle head units to create an advertising proxy botnet; HoneyMyte’s CoolClient with a kernel-level Windows rootkit; Armored Likho’s Telegram theft and eavesdropping toolkit; Head Mare exploitation of unpatched TrueConf servers; and Project CAV3RN using Google Apps Script relays and DNS-based C2 selection. Additional reports4?
Why it matters
A reviewed impact interpretation has not been published for this record.
Evidence and limitations
- Source ID
- kaspersky_securelist
- Record identifier
- 01f4a5b3d3106bb1d48933ca9db7faa7d0eacc5300678771cc14637b63e47b67
- Enrichment time
- 2026-09-03T20:51:46Z
- AI-assisted enrichment
- Yes
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