> WhatsApp Worm Spreads Astaroth Banking Trojan Across Brazil via Contact Auto-Messaging
[DATE: 08/01/2026 17:10]
[LANGUAGE: EN]
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