The banking trojan known as Mispadu has expanded its focus beyond Latin America (LATAM) and Spanish-speaking individuals to target users in Italy, Poland, and Sweden. Targets of the ongoing campaign include entities spanning finance, services, motor vehicle manufacturing, law firms, and commercial facilities, according to Morphisec. “Despite the geographic expansion, Mexico remains the primary target,” […]
Our love affair with South America continues DFRA aka Diego Ruiz gets in the mix to represent the first in a series of collaborative EPs on Vibes & Grooves, featuring the Colombian-born, Argentinian-based producer in solo mode, as well as a track from his collaboration with singer Agus Morgavi, The 89 Project, and two from […]
Lush, the privately-owned British cosmetics retailer with stores in North America, is “currently responding to a cyber security incident.” a spokesperson has confirmed. The company, which operates in 49 countries, also owns production facilities in Europe, Japan and Australia. It is not clear if these have been affected. Although the nature of the incident has […]
ALPHV was the second-most leveraged ransomware strain in North America and Europe between January 2022 and October 2023, just before the reported takedown of the group’s website, according to ZeroFox research. The analysis found that ALPHV, aka BlackCat, accounted for around 11% of all ransomware and digital extortion (R&DE) attacks in North America over the […]
Threat actors are targeting hundreds of banking customers in Latin America with a new variant of an existing banking Trojan that replicates the interfaces of more than 40 Mexican and Brazilian banks. The campaign is aimed at tricking infected victims into giving up two-factor authentication (2FA) and/or payment-card details so attackers can hijack their bank […]
Sep 22, 2023THNMalware / Cyber Threat 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 victims into entering […]