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#10 The Hacker News general March 12, 2026 at 17:31 UTC

Rust-Based VENON Malware Targets 33 Brazilian Banks with Credential-Stealing Overlays

By [email protected] (The Hacker News)

AI Summary

The VENON banking malware targets 33 Brazilian banks using Rust programming language and credential-stealing overlays, marking a departure from typical Delphi-based Latin American malware families. The malware infects Windows systems and represents the evolution of regional banking trojans toward more sophisticated programming languages. This shift demonstrates how threat actors are modernizing their development practices to evade detection.

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Relevance score: 72.0/100

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