Trickbot: the wannacry-inspired banking Trojan

This year WannaCry has been one of the main protagonists in the field of security. The ransomware put users and companies around the world in check with its attack. After that, others have followed, although with less impact. Now, some Trojans are coming out that are inspired by the popular ransomware.

Trickbot: The WannaCry-Inspired Banking Trojan

One of them is Trickbot. It is a Trojan that attacks banks. It was detected for the first time at the end of last year, and little by little it continues to gain presence. And the number of entities it attacks is greater.

How Trickbot Works

Generally, Trickbot sneaks into people's computers through an email with invoices attached. One way to get the user to open the file in question. And once they do that, the Trojan manages to access the computer in question.

This in itself is not a surprise, but what has changed in Trickbot since it was discovered last year is that this form of network infection is new. It was not something that happened last year when the Trojan was first detected. So it seems that it has become even more dangerous for users.

So it is good to be aware if you receive an email from your bank with any invoice or attachment that you do not expect or it does not sound familiar to you. The best thing is that you don't open it. Surely in this way you can save yourself some trouble or problem.