Financial institutions in Portugal and Spain targeted by new Raspberry Robin malware

Hackers are using a new version of the Raspberry Robin worm to target Spanish and Portuguese financial and insurance institutions, according to research published by Security Joes on Monday.

This worm acts as a loader for other malware — it infects computers via compromised USB devices and then spreads to other devices on a victim’s network.

The researchers did not mention which financial institutions in Spain and Portugal had fallen victim to Raspberry Robin and what damage their networks suffered. …

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