A new Android malware named Manic targeting users in multiple European countries has a fallback mechanism for exfiltrating data through nearby infected devices.
The malware has been active since at least February and combines spyware, banking fraud, and remote control capabilities.
It targets at least 169 banking, government/eID, payment, crypto wallet, messaging, and authenticator/2FA apps, with users in Ukraine being the primary focus.
The Grandoreiro banking Trojan continues to pose a significant threat to banking customers, primarily in Latin America, more than two years after law enforcement disrupted its operations.
The latest evidence is a new campaign using the 12-year-old payload that’s targeting users in Mexico. The operators are using DLL sideloading and a legitimate file-management application to deliver the malware.
Telemetry from the campaign that security vendor Acronis analyzed showed a handful of victims in North America and Europe as well. But “the overall distribution continues to reflect the malware’s long-standing focus on Spanish-speaking regions,” Acronis said in a report this week.
8 director Kohei Ikeda has joined Katsuhiro Harada’s VS Studio.
Ikeda announced his departure from Bandai Namco in June after twenty years with the company. At that time, he did not disclose his future plans but stated he would “continue taking on new challenges as a game developer.”
He has now joined VS Studio as a game designer. “Working on games again with two of my former bosses feels nostalgic in many ways,” Ikeda shared on social media.
