Trojan creator Anubis arrested

Judging by the reports on the hacker forums, law enforcement officers detained the creator of the banking Trojan Anubis, known under the pseudonym maza-in.

In 2017, the American Forbes wrote about maza-in.

He is charged with the 273rd article of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation - the creation, use and distribution of computer malware is punished with imprisonment for up to three years with a fine of up to two hundred thousand rubles or in the amount of wages or other income of the convict for the period up to eighteen months.

A distinctive feature of Anubis is the use of a keylogger to intercept financial and accounting data. In addition, Anubis has the ability to send screenshots to attackers and is able to gain access to the address book and SMS.