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The Global Malware Menace Born in Brazil

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The Global Malware Menace Born in Brazil Imagine that you go to your bank’s website and a popup asks for your login and an access code sent to your email. These security checks keep changing and getting more annoying. The page takes longer than usual to load, but finally you are in. Your balance is zero. Your bank did not add the popup – it was malware developed by a Brazilian criminal network called Grandoreiro. When you logged in, Grandoreiro …

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The Global Malware Menace Born in Brazil

The Global Malware Menace Born in Brazil Imagine that you go to your bank’s website and a popup asks for your login and an access code sent to your email. These security checks keep changing and getting more annoying. The page takes longer than usual to load, but finally you are in. Your balance is zero. Your bank did not add the popup – it was malware developed by a Brazilian criminal network called Grandoreiro. When you logged in, Grandoreiro …

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The Hacker News broke the news in on Monday, March 31, 2025.
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