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Mispadu

aka URSA

According to ESET Research, Mispadu is an ambitious Latin American banking trojan that utilizes McDonald’s malvertising and extends its attack surface to web browsers.

Mispadu, also known as URSA, is a Windows malware family.

Background

ESET Research describes Mispadu as an ambitious Latin American banking trojan that leverages McDonald's-themed malvertising and broadens its reach into web browsers. Aimed at the general public, its primary objectives are stealing money and credentials. In Brazil, ESET has observed it spreading a malicious Google Chrome extension built to siphon credit card and online banking data and to subvert the Boleto payment system.

Source: Malpedia (Fraunhofer FKIE).