Executive Summary

Kaspersky researchers uncovered Mirage Kitten attacks that target aviation and FinTech companies in the Middle East and Africa. The campaign uses two previously undocumented malware families: NodeRabbit, written in Node.js, and PollCat, a JavaScript-based tool. These tools expand Mirage Kitten’s threat surface and demonstrate its evolving capabilities.

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Intelligence Metadata - Source Publisher: Securelist - Published Date: 2026-09-01T07:00:26+00:00 - Category: malware

Original Description: Kaspersky researchers have discovered new Mirage Kitten attacks using previously undocumented malware families: NodeRabbit in Node.js and PollCat in JavaScript.

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