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A new malware campaign is turning WhatsApp Web into a weapon. Security researchers say a banking Trojan linked to Astaroth is now spreading automatically through chat messages, making the attack ...

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A fake Claude AI website spreads the new Beagle Windows backdoor through a malicious installer disguised as a Claude-Code developer tool.