When cybersecurity vendors invest heavily into sophisticated malware replication mechanisms studying real-life malware behavior in isolated environments, one may ask what the point of malware tracking is. What do we learn by extracting data from malicious code without it running or communicating with a command and control (C&C) server? Using the Grandoreiro banking trojan as … More Why botnet tracking is so effective
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 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
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
Beware the tax bogeyman – there are tax scams aplenty. Although it’s been some weeks since the height of the income tax season in many countries around the globe, the year 2020 has been looking less than normal even for cybercriminal activity. For several months, various threat actors have been attempting to impersonate governmental organizations, … More Grandoreiro banking trojan impersonates Spain’s tax agency
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