JanelaRAT Malware Targets Latin American Banks in 2025

The JanelaRAT malware, a modified variant of BX RAT, has targeted banks and financial institutions in Latin American countries, including Brazil and Mexico, with 14,739 attacks recorded in Brazil in 2025. The malware is designed to steal financial and cryptocurrency data linked to specific financial entities while also tracking mouse inputs, logging keystrokes, capturing screenshots, and collecting system metadata. No specific attack vectors, CVE IDs, or threat actor attribution were disclosed in the report. The campaign focuses on exfiltrating sensitive financial information from compromised systems. The source of the malware and its distribution methods remain unconfirmed in the provided details.