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JanelaRAT Malware Targets Latin American Banks with 14,739 Attacks in Brazil in 2025

·Source: The Hacker News

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Executive Summary

Banks and financial institutions in Latin American countries like Brazil and Mexico have continued to be the target of a malware family called JanelaRAT. A modified version of BX RAT, JanelaRAT is known to steal financial and cryptocurrency data associated with specific financial entities, as well as track mouse inputs, log keystrokes, take screenshots, and collect system metadata. "One of the

Analysis

Banks and financial institutions in Latin American countries like Brazil and Mexico have continued to be the target of a malware family called JanelaRAT. A modified version of BX RAT, JanelaRAT is known to steal financial and cryptocurrency data associated with specific financial entities, as well as track mouse inputs, log keystrokes, take screenshots, and collect system metadata. "One of the
Source Attribution

Originally published by The Hacker News on Apr 13, 2026.

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