Vilen Kamalov

Oct 26, 2023 | securelist.com | Sergey Belov |Vilen Kamalov |Sergey Lozhkin |Vasily Kolesnikov

IntroductionIt’s just another cryptocurrency miner… Nobody would even suspect the mining malware was merely a mask, masquerading behind an intricate modular framework that supports both Linux and Windows. It comes equipped with a built-in TOR network tunnel for communication with command servers, along with update and delivery functionality through trusted services such as GitLab, GitHub, and Bitbucket, all using custom encrypted archives.

Apr 11, 2023 | securelist.com | Boris Larin |Georgy Kucherin |Vasily Berdnikov |Vilen Kamalov

In February 2023, Kaspersky technologies detected a number of attempts to execute similar elevation-of-privilege exploits on Microsoft Windows servers belonging to small and medium-sized businesses in the Middle East, in North America, and previously in Asia regions.

Apr 10, 2023 | securelist.com | Kaspersky Security |Georgy Kucherin |Vasily Berdnikov |Vilen Kamalov

In 2022, Kaspersky security solutions detected 1,661,743 malware or unwanted software installers, targeting mobile users. Although the most common way of distributing such installers is through third-party websites and dubious app stores, their authors every now and then manage to upload them to official stores, such as Google Play.