With the help of Interpol's cybercrime unit, Brazilian authorities recently made headway in combatting the infamous Grandoreiro banking Trojan operation with the arrest of five suspects allegedly associated with the group.
The Grandoreri malware first introduces itself through phishing emails disguised as reputable organizations.
The malware tracks the user's activity through keyboard inputs and collects data off of the device, such as usernames, operating system information, and bank identifiers, according to Interpol, which did not release the suspects' names.
Interpol, along with Trend Micro, Kaspersky, Group-IB, and Scitum, analyzed the group's malware samples collected by authorities in Brazil and Spain.
With Interpol's assistance in assessing the data, law enforcement was able to identify matches between malware samples, which led them to the cybercriminals.
Authorities conducted house searches in five different states and arrested five of the group's administrators, who were working as programmers and operators.
This Cyber News was published on www.darkreading.com. Publication date: Mon, 18 Mar 2024 20:41:08 +0000