Security News

Brazilian police claim they've cuffed serial cybercrook behind FBI and Airbus attacks
2024-10-17 14:00

Early stage opsec failures lead to landmark arrest of suspected serial data thief Brazilian police are being cagey with the details about the arrest of a person suspected to be responsible for...

New Brazilian-Linked SambaSpy Malware Targets Italian Users via Phishing Emails
2024-09-19 14:10

A previously undocumented malware called SambaSpy is exclusively targeting users in Italy via a phishing campaign orchestrated by a suspected Brazilian Portuguese-speaking threat actor. "Threat...

Rocinante Trojan Poses as Banking Apps to Steal Sensitive Data from Brazilian Android Users
2024-09-03 09:37

Mobile users in Brazil are the target of a new malware campaign that delivers a new Android banking trojan named Rocinante. "This malware family is capable of performing keylogging using the...

North Korean Hackers Target Brazilian Fintech with Sophisticated Phishing Tactics
2024-06-14 06:45

Threat actors linked to North Korea have accounted for one-third of all the phishing activity targeting Brazil since 2020, as the country's emergence as an influential power has drawn the...

Brazilian Banks Targeted by New AllaKore RAT Variant Called AllaSenha
2024-05-29 14:58

Brazilian banking institutions are the target of a new campaign that distributes a custom variant of the Windows-based AllaKore remote access trojan (RAT) called AllaSenha. The malware is...

PixPirate Android Banking Trojan Using New Evasion Tactic to Target Brazilian Users
2024-03-13 13:55

The threat actors behind the PixPirate Android banking trojan are leveraging a new trick to evade detection on compromised devices and harvest sensitive information from users in Brazil. The...

New Banking Trojan CHAVECLOAK Targets Brazilian Users via Phishing Tactics
2024-03-11 14:47

Users in Brazil are the target of a new banking trojan known as CHAVECLOAK that's propagated via phishing emails bearing PDF attachments. "This intricate attack involves the PDF downloading a ZIP...

New Coyote Trojan Targets 61 Brazilian Banks with Nim-Powered Attack
2024-02-09 10:28

Sixty-one banking institutions, all of them originating from Brazil, are the target of a new banking trojan called Coyote. "This malware utilizes the Squirrel installer for distribution,...

Brazilian Feds Dismantle Grandoreiro Banking Trojan, Arresting Top Operatives
2024-01-30 16:43

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...

8Base Ransomware Spikes in Activity, Threatens U.S. and Brazilian Businesses
2023-06-28 10:15

A ransomware threat called 8Base that has been operating under the radar for over a year has been attributed to a "Massive spike in activity" in May and June 2023. VMware said 8Base is "Strikingly" similar to that of another data extortion group tracked as RansomHouse, citing overlaps in the ransom notes dropped on compromised machines and the language used in the respective data leak portals.