Vawtrak

Data Security

Jul 02, 2016

Banking Trojans go loonie for toonies: Dridex, Vawtrak and others increase focus on Canada

Threat actors are known to switch targeted geographies from time to time, and it appears that a number have set their sights on Canada within a short time-frame. In the past couple of months Proofpoint has observed a number of campaigns targeting Canadian online banking users varying in scale between dozens of messages across a […]

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Data Security

May 14, 2016

Hancitor and Ruckguv Reappear, Updated and With Vawtrak On Deck

Proofpoint researchers have recently observed the re-emergence of two malware downloaders that had largely disappeared for several months. Hancitor (also known as Tordal and Chanitor) and Ruckguv have reappeared in campaigns distributing Pony and Vawtrak with significant updates and increased functionality. We have also been tracking an actor experimenting with various loaders, providing insights into […]

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