Cybersecurity

New Banking Trojan CHAVECLOAK Targets Brazilian Users via Phishing Tactics

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 file and subsequently utilizing DLL side-loading techniques to execute the final malware,” Fortinet FortiGuard Labs researcher Cara Lin said. The attack chain involves the […]

Cybersecurity

New CHAVECLOAK Banking Trojan Targets Brazilians via Malicious PDFs

Watch out for the new CHAVECLOAK banking Trojan as it spreads its infection through SMS phishing (SMishing), phishing emails, and compromised websites. Cybersecurity researchers at FortiGuard Labs have discovered a high-severity Trojan, dubbed CHAVECLOAK, targeting Brazilian banking users. The malware targets Windows devices and accesses online banking platforms, stealing their banking credentials and financial information. […]