A 20-year-old computer science student from Tocantins, Brazil, known online by the name of ‘Lordfenix’ and ‘Filho de Hacker’ (Portuguese for ‘Hacker’s Son’), has been revealed as the maker of more than 100 banking Trojans, each valued at over $300, by the security firm Trend Micro.
“Based on our research, Lordfenix has created more than 100 different banking Trojans, not including his other malicious tools, since April 2013. With each Trojan costing around R$1,000 (roughly US$320), this young cybercriminal channeled his talent in programming into a lucrative, illegal venture. Despite working alone and being only 20 years old, Lordfenix has managed to make his name known among his fellow criminals. His story—the young cybercriminal inflicting serious damage—is near-identical to that of the teens developing mobile ransomware in China. He is also not the first solo operator we have noted this quarter. The likes of Frapstar (Canada) and the cybercriminals behind FighterPOS (Brazil) and HawkEye (Nigeria) are all individual players using basic malware to gain profit,” the firm wrote in a blog.
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