Vadokrist
Intelligence Profile
ESET reports that Vadokrist is a Latin American banking trojan that they have been tracking since 2018 and that is active almost exclusively in Brazil.
Threat Analysis
Vadokrist is a malware family tracked by threat intelligence researchers and catalogued in the Malpedia dataset. It represents a distinct malicious software lineage with identifiable code characteristics, behaviors, and victimology.
Financially motivated threat actors like Vadokrist prioritize monetary gain through methods such as ransomware deployment, banking trojans, cryptocurrency theft, BEC scams, or credential harvesting for resale on underground markets.
With high sophistication, Vadokrist is capable of targeted intrusions using adapted commodity tools alongside custom implants, maintaining operational security and evading standard detection mechanisms.