APT group HoneyMyte upgrades CoolClient: the backdoor gets a kernel-level Windows rootkit
2026-08-14T20:51:45Z•5c871cfbd878d097b50529ea1328566d5fa1b6265cd3741bce1da34eeb1fa1ea
APTArmored-LikhoCAV3RNCoolClientDNS-based-C2DNS-tunnelingGoogle-Apps-ScriptHead-MareHoneyMyteKerberoastingMFA-bypassOctLurkPhantomCorePhantomGraphSilkLurkStill-ToolkitTelegram-theftTrueConfadversary-in-the-middlecloud-platform-abusecredential-dumpingcyber-espionagekernel-mode-driverphishingrootkit
What happened
Kaspersky Securelist feed covering recent threat intelligence, including HoneyMyte’s kernel-level CoolClient rootkit, Armored Likho’s Telegram-focused Still Toolkit, Head Mare exploitation of unpatched TrueConf servers, Project CAV3RN’s Google Apps Script and DNS-based C2, phishing kits hosted on legitimate cloud platforms to bypass MFA, and new Central Asian espionage backdoors OctLurk and SilkLurk. The feed also includes quarterly malware statistics and defensive analysis of Kerberoasting and DNS tunneling.
Why it matters
A reviewed impact interpretation has not been published for this record.
Evidence and limitations
- Source ID
- kaspersky_securelist
- Record identifier
- 5c871cfbd878d097b50529ea1328566d5fa1b6265cd3741bce1da34eeb1fa1ea
- Enrichment time
- 2026-08-14T20:51:45Z
- AI-assisted enrichment
- Yes
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