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The <a href="https://newslinker.co/category/technology/" data-wpel-link="exclude">technology</a> giant Blackberry, which once dominated the mobile phone market, has identified an attacker targeting numerous Mexico-based cryptocurrency exchanges and banks through its research and intelligence branch and issued a warning about this issue. Blackberry’s report detected an attack attempting to steal sensitive user information from banks and crypto trade services using an open-source remote access tool called AllaKore RAT. 
<h2 class="p1" style="text-align: justify" id="details-on-the-blackberry-report">Details on the Blackberry Report</h2> 
The related threat aims to install on computers and databases operated by intermediary companies and usually evade employee suspicion by hiding behind official naming schemes and links. The report included the following statements: 
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 “AllaKore RAT has been significantly modified to allow threat actors to send stolen banking credentials and unique authentication information back to a command and control (C2) server for financial fraud purposes.” 
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The threat model indicates that attackers mainly target large companies with gross revenues over $100 million. Blackberry noted that such companies report directly to the Mexican Social Security Institute. Most of the attacks were traced back to Mexican Starlink IP addresses. Furthermore, considering the use of Spanish instructions in the modified RAT payload, Blackberry concluded that the threat actor is based in Latin America. 
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Newer versions of AllaKore RAT follow a more complex setup process, where the software is delivered to targets in a Microsoft software installer file. The software only runs after confirming Mexico as the victim’s current location. 
However, the scope of the threat is not limited to major banks and crypto trade services. The same method is also used to target large Mexico-based companies from other business sectors, including retail, agriculture, public sector, manufacturing, transportation, commercial services, and capital goods. 
Cyberattacks carried out through simple phishing continue to increase in success rate when it comes to stealing funds. On January 20th, the contact information of about 66,000 users of hardware wallet manufacturer Trezor was leaked in a security breach. Trezor issued the following statement to warn its users: 
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 “We want to emphasize that none of our users’ funds were compromised by this incident. Your Trezor device is as secure today as it was yesterday.” 
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Blackberry Detects Cyber Threat Targeting Mexican Crypto Exchanges and Banks

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