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Paradise City Sales has boarded international rights for Baran: Inheritance ahead of the Berlin EFM.
The film anchors on Malaysian folklore and exorcism rituals to explore generational trauma.
The story follows an estranged son returning home to care for his dying father amid a deadly bloodline pact.
Joel Soh is producing Polis Evo creator’s new project, expanding Southeast Asian genre reach.
Paradise City cites rising international demand for Southeast Asian genre cinema.
Baran: Inheritance previously screened at Cannes Frontières and Bucheon Market.
The production is led by Blackflag, with a team including Yu Ern Chia and Elvira Sarieva.
The film is described as a haunting tale of familial reckoning and possession.
Cast includes Malaysian stars Farid Kamil and Diana Danielle.
Trevor Gureckis is composing the score for the project.

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Mustang Panda expanded its CoolClient backdoor with a brand-new rootkit and broader capabilities.
The updated malware is used against governments in Asia and Russia, with presence on Russian government devices.
New features include clipboard monitoring and HTTP proxy credential sniffing for stealthier data theft.
The backdoor now offers a remote shell plugin and a more capable file management plugin.
Kaspersky observed the updated CoolClient version in attacks against government entities in Asia, Myanmar, Mongolia, Malaysia, and Pakistan, and on Russian devices.
CoolClient evolved from logging keystrokes to encompassing clipboard data and stealthy exfiltration using legitimate cloud services.
The campaign continues to align with Chinese national interests focusing on cyber-espionage and data theft.
The updated toolkit includes an expanded plugin ecosystem and a remote-shell plugin for interactive command execution.
TechRadar notes the evolution of CoolClient as part of a broader set of tools used for espionage and data theft.

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