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 approach allows it to hide the malicious app’s icon from the home screen of the victim’s device, IBM said in a technical report published today. “Thanks […]
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, and Mato Grosso. Slovak cybersecurity firm ESET, […]
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 ads that are served when potential victims search […]
A Brazilian threat actor is targeting more than 30 Portuguese financial institutions with information-stealing malware as part of a long-running campaign that commenced in 2021. “The attackers can steal credentials and exfiltrate users’ data and personal information, which can be leveraged for malicious activities beyond financial gain,” SentinelOne researchers Aleksandar Milenkoski and Tom Hegel said […]
RecordTV a news channel in Brazil suffered a cyber attack this Saturday morning that left the company’s network down. The attackers, who used the ransomware attack and stole personal data of employees, network map with credentials for local and remote services and more data. Information about the attack was initially reported by Cadu Safner,. “Employees […]
A Brazilian threat actor known as Prilex has resurfaced after a year-long operational hiatus with an advanced and complex malware to steal money by means of fraudulent transactions. “The Prilex group has shown a high level of knowledge about credit and debit card transactions, and how software used for payment processing works,” Kaspersky researchers said. […]
Researchers have discovered a new Android banking malware that targets Brazil’s Itaú Unibanco with the help of lookalike Google Play Store pages to carry out fraudulent financial transactions on victim devices without their knowledge. “This application has a similar icon and name that could trick users into thinking it is a legitimate app related to […]
A hacking group calling itself Lapsus$ Group claims to have encrypted with ransomware and stolen some 50 TB of information from Brazil’s Ministry of Health, including millions of COVID-19 vaccination records and certificates. The attack was confirmed on the Health Ministry’s website, as the hackers even replaced Brazil’s official government image with what appears to […]
At the time of publishing this article, the data was still exposed and growing as there has been no response from Hariexpress. The Brazilian E-commerce Marketplace Integrator platform Hariexpress (Hariexpress.com.br) has been caught exposing a massive trove of sensitive data belonging to its customers and vendors. In total, the company has exposed more than 610 […]
Two newly discovered malicious Android applications on Google Play Store have been used to target users of Brazil’s instant payment ecosystem in a likely attempt to lure victims into fraudulently transferring their entire account balances into another bank account under cybercriminals’ control. “The attackers distributed two different variants of banking malware, named PixStealer and MalRhino, […]
In early August, Group-IB researchers began tracking unusual activity on a hacking forum specializing in selling stolen payment cards. According to the researchers, the user AW_cards posted a link that directed users of a couple dark web forums to an archive with more than 1 million stolen financial records, available to anyone interested completely free […]
A recent report by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) points to a Brazilian group operating a plan to defraud customers of digital platforms such as Uber, Lyft and DoorDash, among other companies. Authorities note that this gang would have used false IDs to create driver or delivery accounts on these platforms in order to […]
Officials from the Court of Justice in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, confirmed that their computer systems were affected by a ransomware attack that encrypted employee files and forced the closure of court networks. Apparently, the attack was deployed by the operators of the REvil ransomware. Everything indicates that the attack would have begun on […]
ESET Research uncovers a new threat that targets organizations operating in various sectors in Brazil
Brazil’s biggest cosmetics company Natura accidentally left hundreds of gigabytes of its customers’ personal and payment-related information publicly accessible online that could have been accessed by anyone without authentication. SafetyDetective researcher Anurag Sen last month discovered two unprotected Amazon-hosted servers—with 272GB and 1.3TB in size—belonging to Natura that consisted of more than 192 million records. […]
Data protection specialists report that an unidentified threat actor is auctioning off a database with records of more than 90 million Brazilian citizens on dark web forums. The bidder states that each registration is unique and 100% real, making it possible to make a detailed profile of some of the people affected for malicious purposes. […]
Any type of company can become a victim of a cyberattack. Web application security specialists report that Rheinmetall, a German-based manufacturer of weapons and car parts, has suffered a malware attack that has disrupted its production in countries such as Brazil, Mexico and the US. “Our production processes are experiencing severe disruptions,” says a statement […]
A new variant of malware called Amavaldo was recently detected, targeting bank users especially in Mexico and Brazil. A comprehensive analysis by ethical hacking experts from security firm ESET identified more than 10 new malware families, detecting attacks in other Latin American countries. According to specialists, these Trojans have fully identifiable features; for example, they […]
A massive blackout left millions of people without power in some South American countries, such as Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay, over the last weekend. Although the exact causes of the incident are not yet known, network security experts and authorities consider it likely to be a cyberattack; “there is still nothing confirmed, but we must […]
A group of hackers attacked the web site of the children TV channel Cartoon Network, eliminating its normal content and replacing it with images and videos of a renowned Brazilian stripper; according to cybersecurity specialists, this attack was visible in at least 15 different countries. Cartoon Network had to deface its entire websites as well […]
Motorola has been long-awaited to unveil its Moto G7 lineup with tons of rumors and leaks surrounding it. Now, the company has finally announced a date for its official launch in Brazil. According to a Brazilian website Techtudo, the company will host an event scheduled for February 7 in Brazil for which Motorola has started […]