Armored Likho expands its cyber-espionage toolkit

2026-08-14T08:51:46Z6ac3cde0b1f51b528613b2d7d4d4dabc50753aafc2fb6d7057e001090cc769fc
APTBrazilC2Central-AsiaDNS-tunnelingESXiGoogle-Apps-ScriptIoTIsraelLinuxMFA-bypassTelegram-stealerTrueConfWindowsadversary-in-the-middlebackdoorcloud-abusecredential-theftcyber-espionagekeyloggingmobile-malwarenetwork-scanningphishingransomware

What happened

Kaspersky Securelist threat intelligence covering August–July 2026 activity, including Armored Likho’s Still Toolkit targeting Telegram data, Head Mare’s exploitation of unpatched TrueConf servers to deploy PhantomCore and PhantomGraph, Project CAV3RN’s Google Apps Script and DNS-based C2, cloud-hosted adversary-in-the-middle phishing bypassing MFA, Central Asian cyber-espionage backdoors, GenieLocker ransomware targeting Windows, Linux, and ESXi, and broader malware and incident trends.

Why it matters

A reviewed impact interpretation has not been published for this record.

Evidence and limitations

Source ID
kaspersky_securelist
Record identifier
6ac3cde0b1f51b528613b2d7d4d4dabc50753aafc2fb6d7057e001090cc769fc
Enrichment time
2026-08-14T08:51:46Z
AI-assisted enrichment
Yes

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