The developers of banking Trojan malware are constantly looking for inventive ways to distribute theirs implants and infect victims. In a recent investigation, Kaspersky researchers encountered a new malware that specifically targets users of more than 60 banking institutions, mainly from Brazil.
What caught their attention was the sophisticated infection chain that makes use of various advanced technologies, setting it apart from known banking Trojan infections. This malware utilizes the Squirrel installer for distribution, leveraging NodeJS and a relatively new multiplatform programming language called Nim as a loader to complete its infection.
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Source: Kaspersky