Trojan

Citadel

First seen: 2011-01 • Status: inactive

Currently Inactive

Citadel was a Zeus copycat banking virus. The creator went to prison.

Overview

Citadel was based on leaked Zeus source code. Its developer was sentenced to prison. Many variants existed.

How It Spreads

  • Exploit kits
  • Malspam

What It Does

  • Banking credential theft

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Target Platforms

Windows

Detection Tips

  • Historical threat

MITRE ATT&CK Techniques

T1185

If You're Infected

  1. 1.

    Historical threat - standard banking malware response

Related Malware

Zeus

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