CHAVECLOAK Banking Trojan Sneaks into Brazil’s Financial Hub

Summary: The CHAVECLOAK banking trojan is purposefully crafted to target the banking credentials of individuals in Brazil, highlighting the ongoing focus of cyber criminals on the nations financial sector. Threat Level - Amber | Attack Report For a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file...

Coyote: A Sophisticated Banking Trojan Targeting Financial Information

Summary: A new banking trojan called Coyote is currently targeting more than 60 banking institutions, primarily in Brazil. The malware distributes itself using the Squirrel installer and executes its infection process using Node.js and Nim, a relatively new multi-platform programming language...

~40,000 Attacks in 3 Days: Critical Confluence RCE Under Active Exploitation

Malicious actors have begun to actively exploit a recently disclosed critical security flaw impacting Atlassian Confluence Data Center and Confluence Server, within three days of public disclosure. Tracked as CVE-2023-22527 CVSS score: 10.0, the vulnerability impacts out-of-date versions of the...

DDoS Attacks on the Environmental Services Industry Surge by 61,839% in 2023

The environmental services industry witnessed an "unprecedented surge" in HTTP-based distributed denial-of-service DDoS attacks, accounting for half of all its HTTP traffic. This marks a 61,839% increase in DDoS attack traffic year-over-year, web infrastructure and security company Cloudflare sai...

Facial Scanning by Burger King in Brazil

In 2000, I wrote: "If McDonalds offered three free Big Macs for a DNA sample, there would be lines around the block." Burger King in Brazil is almost there, offering discounts in exchange for a facial scan. From a marketing video: "At the end of the year, its Friday every day, and the hangover...

British LAPSUS$ Teen Members Sentenced for High-Profile Attacks

Two British teens part of the LAPSUS$ cyber crime and extortion gang have been sentenced for their roles in orchestrating a string of high-profile attacks against a number of companies. Arion Kurtaj, an 18-year-old from Oxford, has been sentenced to an indefinite hospital order due to his intent ...

ParaSiteSnatcher: How Malicious Chrome Extensions Target Brazil

We detail the modular framework of malicious Chrome extensions that consist of various highly obfuscated components that leverage Google Chrome API to monitor, intercept, and exfiltrate victim data...

Intelbras RX 1500 Security Vulnerability

The Intelbras RX 1500 is a dual-band router from Intelbras in Brazil. A security vulnerability exists in Intelbras RX 1500 version 1.1.9. An attacker can exploit the vulnerability to perform cross-site scripting attacks...

Record-Breaking 100 Million RPS DDoS Attack Exploits HTTP/2 Rapid Reset Flaw

Cloudflare on Thursday said it mitigated thousands of hyper-volumetric HTTP distributed denial-of-service DDoS attacks that exploited a recently disclosed flaw called HTTP/2 Rapid Reset, 89 of which exceeded 100 million requests per second RPS. "The campaign contributed to an overall increase of...

Attackers Exploit Brazil’s PIX System with GoPIX Malware Campaign

Threat Level Attack Report For a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here Summary The popularity of Brazils PIX payment system has attracted cybercriminals using GoPIX malware, targeting users searching for "WhatsApp web" with malicious ads. This poses a threat to users financial and...

Malvertising Campaign Targets Brazil's PIX Payment System with GoPIX Malware

The popularity of Brazil's PIX instant payment system has made it a lucrative target for threat actors looking to generate illicit profits using a new malware called GoPIX. Kaspersky, which has been tracking the active campaign since December 2022, said the attacks are pulled off using malicious...

Stealer for PIX payment system, new Lumar stealer and Rhysida ransomware

Introduction As a cybersecurity company, Kaspersky is constantly dealing with known and brand-new malware samples. As part of our crimeware reporting service, we provide our customers with technical reports on the evolution of existing crimeware families, as well as newly emerging ones. In this...

aulete.com.br Cross Site Scripting vulnerability OBB-3726043

Following the coordinated and responsible vulnerability disclosure guidelines of the ISO 29147 standard, Open Bug Bounty has: a. verified the vulnerability and confirmed its existence; b. notified the website operator about its existence. Technical details of the vulnerability are currently hidde...

New Variant of Banking Trojan BBTok Targets Over 40 Latin American Banks

An active malware campaign targeting Latin America is dispensing a new variant of a banking trojan called BBTok, particularly users in Brazil and Mexico. "The BBTok banker has a dedicated functionality that replicates the interfaces of more than 40 Mexican and Brazilian banks, and tricks the...

BBTok Malware Returns, Targeting Over 40 Banks in Brazil and Mexico

By Deeba Ahmed New BBTok Banking Trojan Variant Emerges in Latin America: Check Point Research. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: BBTok Malware Returns, Targeting Over 40 Banks in Brazil and Mexico...

Charming Kitten’s ‘Sponsor’ Strikes 34 Organizations in Brazil, Israel, and U.A.E

Threat Level Attack Report For a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here Summary Charming Kitten, also known as Ballistic Bobcat, orchestrated a sophisticated campaign aimed at 34 diverse targets across Brazil, Israel, and the United Arab Emirates. This operation employed a novel...

Charming Kitten's New Backdoor 'Sponsor' Targets Brazil, Israel, and U.A.E.

The Iranian threat actor known as Charming Kitten has been linked to a new wave of attacks targeting different entities in Brazil, Israel, and the U.A.E. using a previously undocumented backdoor named Sponsor. Slovak cybersecurity firm is tracking the cluster under the name Ballistic Bobcat...

Brazil’s Top Escort Service Exposes Millions of Escort and Client Data

By Habiba Rashid The escort service under discussion is Fatal Model, Brazil's largest escort site. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Brazils Top Escort Service Exposes Millions of Escort and Client Data...

Hackers Leak PII Data and Photos of Brazilian Plastic Surgery Patients

By Waqas The victim of the data breach is the Roberto Polizzi Plastic Surgery Clinic based in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Hackers Leak PII Data and Photos of Brazilian Plastic Surgery Patients...

RedEnergy Stealer-as-a-Ransomware Threat Targeting Energy and Telecom Sectors

A sophisticated stealer-as-a-ransomware threat dubbed RedEnergy has been spotted in the wild targeting energy utilities, oil, gas, telecom, and machinery sectors in Brazil and the Philippines through their LinkedIn pages. The .NET malware "possesses the ability to steal information from various...