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TCLBANKER: Brazilian Banking Trojan Spreading via WhatsApp and Outlook
A sophisticated Brazilian banking trojan named TCLBANKER has been identified, representing a significant evolution of the MAVERICK/SORVEPOTEL malware family. The campaign employs a trojanized Logitech installer that deploys two .NET Reactor-protected modules through DLL side-loading. The banking trojan monitors 59 Brazilian financial institutions using UI Automation and features a WPF-based full-screen overlay framework for operator-driven social engineering attacks, including credential harvesting and fake system screens. A secondary worm module enables self-propagation through WhatsApp session hijacking and Outlook COM automation, sending phishing messages from victims' own accounts. The malware implements robust anti-analysis capabilities including environment-gated payload decryption, comprehensive watchdog systems, and ETW patching. Infrastructure is hosted on Cloudflare Workers, with evidence suggesting the campaign was detected in early operational stages.
MITRE ATT&CK & Malware Families
MALWARE FAMILIES
TCLBANKER
MAVERICK
SORVEPOTEL
Indicators of Compromise (1 / 15 total)
| TYPE | INDICATOR | DESCRIPTION | CREATED | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FileHash-MD5 | e0d1eedaa0c1f98f50726df729594edc | — | 2026-05-06 |