Tag: Brazil

How ESET participated in the Grandoreiro banking trojan disruption  

November 6, 2024

ESET collaborated with the Federal Police of Brazil, providing technical analysis and information gathered from ESET telemetry and tracked command and control servers. ESET has a long history of cooperation with agencies such as Europol and Interpol, achieving excellent results, particularly in botnet tracking, an approach described by ESET senior malware researcher Jakub Souček at … More How ESET participated in the Grandoreiro banking trojan disruption  

ESET Research joins global operation to disrupt the Grandoreiro banking trojan operating in Latin America and Spain

January 30, 2024

ESET worked alongside the Federal Police of Brazil in an attempt to disrupt the Grandoreiro botnet. ESET collaborated with the Federal Police of Brazil in an attempt to disrupt the Grandoreiro botnet. ESET contributed to the project by providing technical analysis, statistical information, and known command and control (C&C) server domain names and IP addresses. … More ESET Research joins global operation to disrupt the Grandoreiro banking trojan operating in Latin America and Spain

ESET Research: Latin American banking trojans spread to Europe at the height of activity

December 22, 2021

Latin American banking trojans are an ongoing, evolving threat and ESET has recently seen some of their biggest campaigns to date. They target mainly Brazil, Spain, and Mexico. Mekotio and Grandoreiro expanded to Europe, mainly targeting Spain but also Italy, France and Belgium. There are at least eight different malware families still active. In June … More ESET Research: Latin American banking trojans spread to Europe at the height of activity

ESET Research uncovers Janeleiro, a new banking trojan attacking corporate users in Brazil

April 6, 2021

ESET Research has uncovered a new banking trojan that has been targeting corporate users in Brazil since at least 2019 across many sectors, including engineering, healthcare, retail, manufacturing, finance, transportation, and governmental institutions. ESET dubbed the new threat Janeleiro. It attempts to deceive its victims with pop-up windows designed to look like the websites of … More ESET Research uncovers Janeleiro, a new banking trojan attacking corporate users in Brazil

Vadokrist: A wolf in sheep’s clothing

January 22, 2021

ESET researchers published today another installment in their ongoing series of Latin American banking trojans. Since 2018 they have investigated Vadokrist, a trojan that is specifically focused on Brazil. The malware utilizes backdoor functionality and is distributed via malicious spam emails targeting financial institutions. Unlike most other Latin American banking trojans, Vadokrist does not collect … More Vadokrist: A wolf in sheep’s clothing