Banking Trojans Manic, Grandoreiro, ToxicPanda 2.0 in the Spotlight

The spyware-equipped Manic, a persistent Grandoreiro campaign in Latin America and Europe, and an expanded ToxicPanda 2.0 malware. The post Banking Trojans Manic, Grandoreiro, ToxicPanda 2.0 in the Spotlight appeared first on SecurityWeek .

Facts from the report: The article describes active campaigns involving the Manic, Grandoreiro, and ToxicPanda 2.0 banking Trojans, which are used to steal financial data and compromise banking sessions. These malware families target users in Latin America and Europe, use spyware-like capabilities, and show ongoing evolution in how they defraud victims. RealGround analysis: While the article does not explicitly reference AI, financial institutions increasingly rely on AI-driven fraud detection and transaction monitoring systems, which can be blinded or bypassed if endpoint and session integrity are compromised by such Trojans. Organizations using AI in fintech should ensure that their AI security readiness includes robust detection of banking malware, hardening of data collection pipelines feeding AI models, and incident playbooks for when compromised sessions could contaminate AI-driven risk scoring.