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Mirax Android banking trojan with residential proxy nodes

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Mirax is spreading across Europe with remote access and residential proxy features, increasing the risk of device compromise, data theft, and traffic abuse. The Android banking trojan is reaching Spanish-speaking users through social media ads and fake IPTV or streaming apps. It can execute commands, deploy fake overlays, and collect credentials through continuous keylogging and lock-screen surveillance. By turning infected phones into proxy nodes, it can route malicious traffic through legitimate IP addresses and evade fraud controls.

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  1. 13.04.2026 17:30 2 articles · 1mo ago

    Mirax Android banking trojan spreads across Europe

    Initial Disclosure

    Mirax, a newly identified Android banking trojan, is spreading across Europe and targeting Spanish-speaking users through social media advertisements that promote fake IPTV or streaming apps. The malware operates under a restricted Malware-as-a-Service (MaaS) model, can take real-time control of infected devices, execute commands, deploy dynamically fetched fake overlays, establish communication through WebSockets, run continuous keylogging, collect lock screen details such as PIN structure and biometric usage, and convert compromised phones into residential proxy nodes for traffic routing and fraud evasion. Campaigns have reached more than 200,000 accounts.

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