Eternidade Stealer Strikes Brazil: How a Sneaky WhatsApp Trojan Empties Bank Accounts
Eternidade Stealer, a banking trojan, is using WhatsApp to target Brazilian bank customers. With a cunning social engineering scheme, it tricks users into clicking malicious files, taking over their accounts, and spreading rapidly. Be wary of unexpected WhatsApp messages, especially those with files, to avoid falling victim to this financial heist.
Hot Take:
Move over, Nigerian princes! The Brazilian cybercriminals are here, and they’re using WhatsApp to steal your banking credentials. If you’re in Brazil and someone sends you a “good morning” text, it might be the start of a very bad day for your bank account. Eternidade Stealer is making eternity feel way too long for bank customers in Brazil. It’s like a horror movie where the villain communicates through WhatsApp, and spoiler alert: the villain is really good at social engineering!
Key Points:
- Eternidade Stealer is a new banking trojan targeting Brazilian bank customers via WhatsApp messages.
- The malware uses Python scripts to spread and is specifically designed for Brazilian Portuguese systems.
- Eternidade Stealer is built using the Delphi programming language, popular among Brazilian cybercriminals.
- The trojan profiles victims’ computers for security software before launching its main attack.
- It targets major Brazilian banks, payment services, and cryptocurrency wallets with fake login screens.