Banks and other financial institutions across Latin America are having their Microsoft Windows systems compromised with the new JanelaRAT malware to enable the exfiltration of sensitive user data, The Hacker News reports. Attackers have leveraged a yet-to-be-known vector to facilitate the distribution of a ZIP archive file with a Visual Basic script meant to retrieve another ZIP archive with JanelaRAT and an executable for deploying the payload, according to a Zscaler ThreatLabz report.

Source: SC Magazine