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> WhatsApp Worm Spreads Astaroth Banking Trojan Across Brazil via Contact Auto-Messaging

[SOURCE] The Hacker News [DATE: 08/01/2026 17:10] [LANGUAGE: EN]
WhatsApp Worm Spreads Astaroth Banking Trojan Across Brazil via Contact Auto-Messaging
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a new campaign that uses WhatsApp as a distribution vector for a Windows banking trojan called Astaroth in attacks targeting Brazil. The campaign has been codenamed Boto Cor-de-Rosa by Acronis Threat Research Unit. "The malware retrieves the victim's WhatsApp contact list and automatically sends malicious messages to each contact to further
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