More than 20 Spanish banks attacked by malware
The new banking Trojan of Brazilian origin has already spread to other countries such as Germany, Portugal, France, Italy and Chile
Spain is the European country most affected by the new Brazilian banking Trojan Bizarro, a malware that has already attacked 70 different banks around the world, of which 22 are Spanish banks.
The cybersecurity company Kaspersky, which has discovered the new threat, has reported a new family of banking Trojans coming from Brazil that has already spread to other countries such as Spain, Germany, France, Italy, Portugal, Argentina and Chile.
Bizarro uses affiliates or hires intermediaries to make its attacks operational, either by collecting money or simply helping with translations, as Kaspersky reported in a statement.
In turn, the cybercriminals who are after this family of malware are using different techniques to complicate analysis and detection, as well as social engineering tricks that help convince victims to provide their banking credentials.
Bizarro is distributed via MSI (Microsoft Installer) packages, which are downloaded by victims from links in spam emails. Once executed, Bizarro downloads a ZIP file from a compromised website to implement its additional malicious functions.
Source: dpa
