April 24, 2024 at 03:48AM
Trend Micro supported an Interpol-led operation targeting the Grandoreiro banking trojan, which primarily affects Latin American and European users. Trend provided threat intelligence data and technical findings, aiding in the identification of malicious infrastructure and assisting law enforcement investigations. This collaboration reinforces Trend’s ongoing commitment to combating cybercrime alongside international agencies like Interpol.
From the meeting notes, here are the key takeaways:
– Trend Micro collaborated with Interpol in an operation to help analyze malware samples of the Grandoreiro banking trojan, leading to the arrest of five administrators behind a Grandoreiro operation.
– Grandoreiro targets users in Latin America and Europe through phishing emails, malicious attachments, or links leading to fake websites, aiming to steal sensitive financial information.
– Trend Micro’s contributions included providing threat intelligence data on Grandoreiro detections, generating domain generation algorithms (DGAs) for C&C communications, identifying active admin panels and file storage locations, and analyzing Grandoreiro’s utilization of VBScript (VBS) for its malicious routine.
– This collaboration is part of Trend Micro’s ongoing cooperation with Interpol, contributing to various successful crackdowns on cybercrime networks.
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