Trojan targets mostly Brazilian banks.
Researchers have discovered malware hosted on
Amazon Web Services
that steals victims’ bank account data.
Acting as a rootkit, the malware attempts to deactivate at least four different anti-virus programs as well as a special security application used by many Brazilian banks to protect their customers’ online banking accounts.
The malware also steals
Windows Live
credentials and information on the hardware used by the victim. Many Latin American banks use this latter kind of information to detect login attempts from unknown sources and thus this information will help the cybercriminals to appear legitimate.
Most worrying of all is the fact that the malware is hosted on
Amazon Web Services
,
Amazon
‘s popular cloud service. By using a well-known server with a good reputation, it is less likely that the malware will be blocked by web filters. Equally worrying is that at the time of writing – more than 48 hours after researchers from
Kaspersky
warned
Amazon
about the trojan – the malware is still online.
More at
Kasperksy
‘s
Securelist
blog
here
.
Kaspersky
‘s Fabio Assolini will give a
presentation
on Brazilian cybercriminals at VB2011.
Registration
for the conference (which takes place 5-7 October in Barcelona, Spain) is now open; early bird discounts apply until 15 June.
Posted on 06 June 2011 by
Virus Bulletin
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