Security News > 2020 > February > KBOT Malware Shows Viruses Are Not Extinct
2020-02-12 13:29
KBOT, a piece of malware that has been infecting computers for the past year, has been classified by Kaspersky as a "Living virus," a class of malware thought to be extinct.
The cybersecurity firm told SecurityWeek that it has already detected 1,880 unique files infected by KBOT in 2020.
Kaspersky says KBOT is the first virus seen in the wild in recent years.
KBOT can infect a computer via the internet, the local network or from removable drives.
A variant of KBOT was also analyzed last year by Russian antivirus company Dr. Web and Proofpoint, but they did not mention its virus-like capabilities.