Banking Trojans: Mekotio Looks to Expand Targets, BBTok Abuses Utility Command

Notorious Mekotio and BBTok are having a resurgence targeting Latin American users. Mekotio’s latest variant suggests the gang behind it is broadening their target, while BBTok is seen abusing MSBuild.exe to evade detection...

Mekotio Trojan Targets the Latin American Financial Sector

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Experts Warn of Mekotio Banking Trojan Targeting Latin American Countries

Financial institutions in Latin America are being threatened by a banking trojan called Mekotio aka Melcoz. That's according to findings from Trend Micro, which said it recently observed a surge in cyber attacks distributing the Windows malware. Mekotio, known to be actively put to use since 2015...

New Mispadu Banking Trojan Exploiting Windows SmartScreen Flaw

The threat actors behind the Mispadu banking Trojan have become the latest to exploit a now-patched Windows SmartScreen security bypass flaw to compromise users in Mexico. The attacks entail a new variant of the malware that was first observed in 2019, Palo Alto Networks Unit 42 said in a report...

Brazilian Feds Dismantle Grandoreiro Banking Trojan, Arresting Top Operatives

A Brazilian law enforcement operation has led to the arrest of several Brazilian operators in charge of the Grandoreiro malware. The Federal Police of Brazil said it served five temporary arrest warrants and 13 search and seizure warrants in the states of São Paulo, Santa Catarina, Pará, Goiás, a...

New Financial Malware 'JanelaRAT' Targets Latin American Users

Users in Latin America LATAM are the target of a financial malware called JanelaRAT that's capable of capturing sensitive information from compromised Microsoft Windows systems. "JanelaRAT mainly targets financial and cryptocurrency data from LATAM bank and financial institutions," Zscaler...

Fenix Cybercrime Group Poses as Tax Authorities to Target Latin American Users

Tax-paying individuals in Mexico and Chile have been targeted by a Mexico-based cybercrime group that goes by the name Fenix to breach targeted networks and steal valuable data. A key hallmark of the operation entails cloning official portals of the Servicio de Administración Tributaria SAT in...

Casbaneiro Banking Malware Goes Under the Radar with UAC Bypass Technique

The financially motivated threat actors behind the Casbaneiro banking malware family have been observed making use of a User Account Control UAC bypass technique to gain full administrative privileges on a machine, a sign that the threat actor is evolving their tactics to avoid detection and...

New TOITOIN Banking Trojan Targeting Latin American Businesses

Businesses operating in the Latin American LATAM region are the target of a new Windows-based banking trojan called TOITOIN since May 2023. "This sophisticated campaign employs a trojan that follows a multi-staged infection chain, utilizing specially crafted modules throughout each stage," Zscale...

New TOITOIN Banking Trojan Targeting Latin American Businesses

Businesses operating in the Latin American LATAM region are the target of a new Windows-based banking trojan called TOITOIN since May 2023. "This sophisticated campaign employs a trojan that follows a multi-staged infection chain, utilizing specially crafted modules throughout each stage," Zscale...

Symbiote: A Stealthy Linux Malware Targeting Latin American Financial Sector

Cybersecurity researchers have taken the wraps off what they call a "nearly-impossible-to-detect" Linux malware that could be weaponized to backdoor infected systems. Dubbed Symbiote by threat intelligence firms BlackBerry and Intezer, the stealthy malware is so named for its ability to conceal...

latinamericanpassions.com Cross Site Scripting vulnerability OBB-2477454

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...

‘Elephant Beetle’ Lurks for Months in Networks

Researchers have identified a threat group that’s been quietly siphoning off millions of dollars from financial- and commerce-sector companies, spending months patiently studying their targets’ financial systems and slipping in fraudulent transactions amongst regular activity. The Sygnia Incident...

Mekotio Banking Trojan Resurges with Tweaked Code, Stealthy Campaign

The Mekotio Latin American banking trojan is bouncing back after several of the gang that operates it were arrested in Spain. More than 100 attacks in recent weeks have featured a new infection routine, indicating that the group continues to actively retool. “The new campaign started right after...

Ohana — An Impact an ERG Can Make

Akamai's Ohana ERG launched in 2015, along with a number of other ERGs, with the mission to broaden and facilitate the inclusion and contributions of employees of African American, Black, Hispanic, and Latin American descent and association...

Latin American ‘Biñeros’ Bond Over Fraudulent Purchase Scheme

A type of card-not-present fraud is spreading throughout the Latin American underground, uniting groups of malefactors in a communal effort to perpetrate it as widely and as often as possible. Cybercriminals in the region are making use of problems in the validation process for bank identificatio...

business.toshiba.com XSS vulnerability

Open Bug Bounty ID: OBB-457644 Description| Value ---|--- Affected Website:| business.toshiba.com Open Bug Bounty Program:| Create your bounty program now. It's open and free. Vulnerable Application:| Custom Code Vulnerability Type:| XSS Cross Site Scripting / CWE-79 CVSSv3 Score:| 6.1...

Latin American ATM Thieves Turning to Hacking

MADRID—ATM jackpotting is hardly a novelty act in Latin America where criminals are more than ever connecting with hackers to figure out how to more efficiently steal money from an automated teller than, say, by using a stick of dynamite. No, it’s not uncommon to hear about thefts in Brazil,...

Latin American social media giant Taringa hacked; 28M accounts stolen

By Waqas Another day, another data breach This time Taringa, a Reddit-like This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Latin American social media giant Taringa hacked; 28M accounts stolen...

Taringa: Over 28 Million Users' Data Exposed in Massive Data Breach

Exclusive — If you have an account on Taringa, also known as "The Latin American Reddit," your account details may have compromised in a massive data breach that leaked login details of almost all of its over 28 million users. Taringa is a popluar social network geared toward Latin American users...