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S0528: Javali

Javali is a banking trojan that has targeted Portuguese and Spanish-speaking countries since 2017, primarily focusing on customers of financial institutions in Brazil and Mexico.[1]

EnterpriseS0528MalwareObject v1.0Modified
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Glexia's Take · Automated analysis

Security context for executives and security teams

Automation confidenceMedium

S0528: Javali describes [Javali](https://attack.mitre.org/software/S0528) is a banking trojan that has targeted Portuguese and Spanish-speaking countries since 2017, primarily focusing on customers of financial institutions in Brazil and Mexico.(Citation: Securelist Brazilian Banking Malware July 2020)

Executive priority

S0528: Javali is an official MITRE ATT&CK software. Glexia treats it as defensive behavior context for prioritizing monitoring, control validation, and response planning without using the object by itself as an attribution claim.

Technical view

Security teams should validate S0528: Javali by reviewing the official ATT&CK relationships, mapped tactics (the mapped ATT&CK tactic context), supported platforms (Windows), and available local telemetry before making detection or mitigation decisions.

Likely telemetry

  • Official ATT&CK relationships and object metadata
  • Network, endpoint, and security-tool telemetry

Detection direction

  • Validate whether S0528: Javali appears in your detection coverage and tabletop scenarios.
  • Use the object to align executive risk language with SOC, incident response, and detection engineering work.
  • Do not treat ATT&CK relationship context as attribution without corroborating evidence.

Mitigation priorities

  • Map the object to existing controls and identify missing telemetry or response ownership.
  • Prioritize mitigations that reduce exposure on the listed platforms and tactics.
  • Review adjacent ATT&CK relationships before changing policy, detections, or reporting language.
Additional notes and limits

Baseline Glexia take generated from the official MITRE ATT&CK STIX object, source hash, tactics, platforms, and detection fields. It is safe to replace with a richer model-generated take for the same source hash later.

This baseline take is source-grounded and schema-validated, but it does not include environment-specific telemetry, incident evidence, or threat-intelligence corroboration.

Generated from the cited source records. This long-tail analysis has not been individually reviewed by a named human.

Official MITRE ATT&CK definition

Javali

Javali is a banking trojan that has targeted Portuguese and Spanish-speaking countries since 2017, primarily focusing on customers of financial institutions in Brazil and Mexico.[1]

View the same entry on attack.mitre.org (MITRE-hosted reference; in-page links above use the Glexia ATT&CK library.)

Glexia analysis

How security teams should use this page

Treat this object as behavior context, not an attribution claim. Validate the related groups, software, data sources, and mitigations against official ATT&CK relationships and your own telemetry before making control-coverage decisions.

ATT&CK relationship table

Techniques used

This mirrors the MITRE pattern of making group, software, campaign, and technique relationships scannable. Relationship notes come from mirrored ATT&CK relationship text when available.

12 rows
DomainIDNameRelationship / procedure
EnterpriseT1555.003Credentials from Web BrowsersSub-technique

Javali can capture login credentials from open browsers including Firefox, Chrome, Internet Explorer, and Edge.[1]

EnterpriseT1574.001DLLSub-technique

Javali can use DLL side-loading to load malicious DLLs into legitimate executables.[1]

EnterpriseT1027.001Binary PaddingSub-technique

Javali can use large obfuscated libraries to hinder detection and analysis.[1]

EnterpriseT1566.002Spearphishing LinkSub-technique

Javali has been delivered via malicious links embedded in e-mails.[1]

EnterpriseT1204.001Malicious LinkSub-technique

Javali has achieved execution through victims clicking links to malicious websites.[1]

EnterpriseT1057Process Discovery

Javali can monitor processes for open browsers and custom banking applications.[1]

EnterpriseT1218.007MsiexecSub-technique

Javali has used the MSI installer to download and execute malicious payloads.[1]

EnterpriseT1102.001Dead Drop ResolverSub-technique

Javali can read C2 information from Google Documents and YouTube.[1]

EnterpriseT1204.002Malicious FileSub-technique

Javali has achieved execution through victims opening malicious attachments, including MSI files with embedded VBScript.[1]

EnterpriseT1566.001Spearphishing AttachmentSub-technique

Javali has been delivered as malicious e-mail attachments.[1]

EnterpriseT1059.005Visual BasicSub-technique

Javali has used embedded VBScript to download malicious payloads from C2.[1]

EnterpriseT1105Ingress Tool Transfer

Javali can download payloads from remote C2 servers.[1]

Relationship explorer

All related ATT&CK context

uses · TechniqueT1555.003: Credentials from Web BrowsersEnterpriseuses · TechniqueT1574.001: DLLEnterpriseuses · TechniqueT1027.001: Binary PaddingEnterpriseuses · TechniqueT1566.002: Spearphishing LinkEnterpriseuses · TechniqueT1204.001: Malicious LinkEnterpriseuses · TechniqueT1057: Process DiscoveryEnterpriseuses · TechniqueT1218.007: MsiexecEnterpriseuses · TechniqueT1102.001: Dead Drop ResolverEnterpriseuses · TechniqueT1204.002: Malicious FileEnterpriseuses · TechniqueT1566.001: Spearphishing AttachmentEnterpriseuses · TechniqueT1059.005: Visual BasicEnterpriseuses · TechniqueT1105: Ingress Tool TransferEnterprise
Change history

Object version and sync metadata

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ATT&CK release
19.2
Object version
1.0
Created
Modified
Raw hash
eacff64c6f32903d...
Imported snapshots across ATT&CK releases(2)
ReleaseBundle importedObject versionModifiedStatusRaw hash
19.21.0Current bundleeacff64c6f32…
19.11.0Older bundleeacff64c6f32…
Raw source

Mirrored ATT&CK source object

The raw object is retained through the mirrored ATT&CK source bundle and object hash. The raw endpoint returns the exact object from the mirrored bundle when available.

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Source references

External references and citations

MITRE external references are preserved separately from Glexia analysis so citations remain traceable to their original source records.

  1. [1]
    Securelist Brazilian Banking Malware July 2020

    GReAT. (2020, July 14). The Tetrade: Brazilian banking malware goes global. Retrieved November 9, 2020.

    Open source URL
  2. [2]
    mitre-attackS0528
    Open source URL
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