Malteiro

Malteiro is a financially motivated criminal group that is likely based in Brazil and has been active since at least November 2019. The group operates and distributes the Mispadu banking trojan via a Malware-as-a-Service (MaaS) business model. Malteiro mainly targets victims throughout Latin America (particularly Mexico) and Europe (particularly Spain and Portugal).[1]

ID: G1026
Contributors: Daniel Fernando Soriano Espinosa; SCILabs
Version: 1.0
Created: 13 March 2024
Last Modified: 29 March 2024

Techniques Used

Domain ID Name Use
Enterprise T1555 从密码存储中获取凭证

Malteiro has obtained credentials from mail clients via NirSoft MailPassView.[1]

.003 Credentials from Web Browsers

Malteiro has stolen credentials stored in the victim’s browsers via software tool NirSoft WebBrowserPassView.[1]

Enterprise T1140 反混淆/解码文件或信息

Malteiro has the ability to deobfuscate downloaded files prior to execution.[1]

Enterprise T1059 .005 命令与脚本解释器: Visual Basic

Malteiro has utilized a dropper containing malicious VBS scripts.[1]

Enterprise T1027 .013 混淆文件或信息: Encrypted/Encoded File

Malteiro has used scripts encoded in Base64 certificates to distribute malware to victims.[2]

Enterprise T1204 .002 用户执行: Malicious File

Malteiro has relied on users to execute .zip file attachments containing malicious URLs.[1]

Enterprise T1614 .001 系统位置发现: System Language Discovery

Malteiro will terminate Mispadu's infection process if the language of the victim machine is not Spanish or Portuguese.[1]

Enterprise T1082 系统信息发现

Malteiro collects the machine information, system architecture, the OS version, computer name, and Windows product name.[1]

Enterprise T1657 财务窃取

Malteiro targets organizations in a wide variety of sectors via the use of Mispadu banking trojan with the goal of financial theft.[1]

Enterprise T1518 .001 软件发现: Security Software Discovery

Malteiro collects the installed antivirus on the victim machine.[1]

Enterprise T1055 .001 进程注入: Dynamic-link Library Injection

Malteiro has injected Mispadu’s DLL into a process.[1]

Enterprise T1566 .001 钓鱼: Spearphishing Attachment

Malteiro has sent spearphishing emails containing malicious .zip files.[1]

Software

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