A Brazilian banking trojan is targeting Santander and BBVA customers with fake PDF lures
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Ousaban’s use of fake PDFs, geofencing, and image-embedded payloads shows consumer banking malware is evolving faster than many banks’ client defenses. If you operate in Spain or Portugal—or run any consumer fintech—treat endpoint education and anomaly detection as first-class, not bolt-ons.
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