Tag: latin america
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VB2019 paper: A study of Machete cyber espionage operations in Latin America
Latin America has long been a hotbed for cybercrime, but the region has also seen the activity of various APT groups. One of these groups makes use of ‘Machete’, a Python-based toolset. Machete dates back at least nine years and was first written about by Kaspersky in 2014. In August of this year, ESET published…
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VB2019 preview: A study of Machete cyber espionage operations in Latin America
The US government considers China, Russia, Iran and North Korea to be the most prominent nation-state actors in cyber space. Apart from conveniently ignoring activities by the US and its Five Eyes allies, there is plenty of nation-state activity happening elsewhere, including South Asia, Southeast Asia and Latin America. One of the most prominent Latin…
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VB2019 preview: A study of Machete cyber espionage operations in Latin America
The US government considers China, Russia, Iran and North Korea to be the most prominent nation-state actors in cyber space. Apart from conveniently ignoring activities by the US and its Five Eyes allies, there is plenty of nation-state activity happening elsewhere, including South Asia, Southeast Asia and Latin America. One of the most prominent Latin…
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VB2017 video: Client Maximus raises the bar
Brazil has long been known as a hotbed of cybercrime, but what makes the country especially unique is that a lot of this cybercrime is inwards-focused. Thus there are many malware strains written explicitly to target the country. One of them is Client Maximus, a banking trojan discovered in 2017 by researchers from IBM Trusteer…
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VB2017 video: Client Maximus raises the bar
Brazil has long been known as a hotbed of cybercrime, but what makes the country especially unique is that a lot of this cybercrime is inwards-focused. Thus there are many malware strains written explicitly to target the country. One of them is Client Maximus, a banking trojan discovered in 2017 by researchers from IBM Trusteer…
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VB2017 preview: Mariachis and jackpotting: ATM malware from Latin America
A few years ago, I saw an ATM being opened for the first time. “Hold on,” I thought, “this is really just a Windows XP PC!” Suddenly, I realised that, to attack an ATM, cybercriminals wouldn’t need to write anything like Stuxnet-level malware. Indeed, ATM malware has been on the rise, particularly in Latin America,…
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VB2017 preview: Mariachis and jackpotting: ATM malware from Latin America
A few years ago, I saw an ATM being opened for the first time. “Hold on,” I thought, “this is really just a Windows XP PC!” Suddenly, I realised that, to attack an ATM, cybercriminals wouldn’t need to write anything like Stuxnet-level malware. Indeed, ATM malware has been on the rise, particularly in Latin America,…