Trend Research is currently investigating an aggressive malware campaign that leverages online instant messaging platform WhatsApp as its primary infection vector.
Unlike traditional attacks focused on theft or ransomware, this campaign is engineered for speed and propagation, abusing social trust and automation to spread among Windows users. Trend Research analysis identifies the campaign as SORVEPOTEL, and as of writing, is most active in Brazil. SORVEPOTEL has been observed to spread across Windows systems through convincing phishing messages with malicious ZIP file attachments.
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Source: Trend Micro
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