Horabot Malware Targets 6 Latin American Nations Using Invoice-Themed Phishing Emails
May 14, 2025
Windows Security / Threat Intelligence
Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a new phishing campaign that's being used to distribute malware called Horabot targeting Windows users in Latin American countries like Mexico, Guatemala, Colombia, Peru, Chile, and Argentina. The campaign is "using crafted emails that impersonate invoices or financial documents to trick victims into opening malicious attachments and can steal email credentials, harvest contact lists, and install banking trojans," Fortinet FortiGuard Labs researcher Cara Lin said . The activity, observed by the network security company in April 2025, has primarily singled out Spanish-speaking users. The attacks have also been found to send phishing messages from victims' mailboxes using Outlook COM automation, effectively propagating the malware laterally within corporate or personal networks. In addition, the threat actors behind the campaign execute various VBScript, AutoIt, and PowerShell scripts to conduct system reconnaissance, stea...