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References
2021-05-07Department of JusticeOffice of Public Affairs
Four Individuals Plead Guilty to RICO Conspiracy Involving “Bulletproof Hosting” for Cybercriminals
Citadel SpyEye Zeus
2020-08-09F5 LabsDebbie Walkowski, Remi Cohen
Banking Trojans: A Reference Guide to the Malware Family Tree
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2017-12-11Group-IBGroup-IB
MoneyTaker 1.5 YEARS OF SILENT OPERATIONS
Citadel Kronos Meterpreter
2016-02-19XyliBoxXylitol
Citadel 0.0.1.1 (Atmos)
Citadel
2016-02-16JPCERT/CCJPCert
Banking Trojan “Citadel” Returns
Citadel
2012-12-05Malware Don't Need CoffeeKafeine
The path to infection - Eye glance at the first line of "Russian Underground" - focused on Ransomware
RunForestRun Andromeda Citadel Lyposit Matsnu Reveton Sinowal UPAS Urausy
2012-11-05MalwarebytesJérôme Segura
Citadel: a cyber-criminal’s ultimate weapon?
Citadel
Yara Rules
[TLP:WHITE] win_citadel_auto (20260504 | Detects win.citadel.)
rule win_citadel_auto {

    meta:
        author = "Felix Bilstein - yara-signator at cocacoding dot com"
        date = "2026-05-04"
        version = "1"
        description = "Detects win.citadel."
        info = "autogenerated rule brought to you by yara-signator"
        tool = "yara-signator v0.6.0"
        signator_config = "callsandjumps;datarefs;binvalue"
        malpedia_reference = "https://malpedia.caad.fkie.fraunhofer.de/details/win.citadel"
        malpedia_rule_date = "20260422"
        malpedia_hash = "a182e35da64e6d71cb55f125c4d4225196523f14"
        malpedia_version = "20260504"
        malpedia_license = "CC BY-SA 4.0"
        malpedia_sharing = "TLP:WHITE"

    /* DISCLAIMER
     * The strings used in this rule have been automatically selected from the
     * disassembly of memory dumps and unpacked files, using YARA-Signator.
     * The code and documentation is published here:
     * https://github.com/fxb-cocacoding/yara-signator
     * As Malpedia is used as data source, please note that for a given
     * number of families, only single samples are documented.
     * This likely impacts the degree of generalization these rules will offer.
     * Take the described generation method also into consideration when you
     * apply the rules in your use cases and assign them confidence levels.
     */


    strings:
        $sequence_0 = { eb0e 6800800000 53 57 56 ff15???????? }
            // n = 6, score = 5100
            //   eb0e                 | jmp                 0x10
            //   6800800000           | push                0x8000
            //   53                   | push                ebx
            //   57                   | push                edi
            //   56                   | push                esi
            //   ff15????????         |                     

        $sequence_1 = { ff15???????? 85c0 0f8566010000 57 }
            // n = 4, score = 5000
            //   ff15????????         |                     
            //   85c0                 | test                eax, eax
            //   0f8566010000         | jne                 0x16c
            //   57                   | push                edi

        $sequence_2 = { 41 66395802 7405 83c002 }
            // n = 4, score = 5000
            //   41                   | inc                 ecx
            //   66395802             | cmp                 word ptr [eax + 2], bx
            //   7405                 | je                  7
            //   83c002               | add                 eax, 2

        $sequence_3 = { 3d00002003 7715 8b4d08 890e }
            // n = 4, score = 5000
            //   3d00002003           | cmp                 eax, 0x3200000
            //   7715                 | ja                  0x17
            //   8b4d08               | mov                 ecx, dword ptr [ebp + 8]
            //   890e                 | mov                 dword ptr [esi], ecx

        $sequence_4 = { 0f8566010000 57 57 57 }
            // n = 4, score = 5000
            //   0f8566010000         | jne                 0x16c
            //   57                   | push                edi
            //   57                   | push                edi
            //   57                   | push                edi

        $sequence_5 = { 50 57 e8???????? 33db 3c01 }
            // n = 5, score = 5000
            //   50                   | push                eax
            //   57                   | push                edi
            //   e8????????           |                     
            //   33db                 | xor                 ebx, ebx
            //   3c01                 | cmp                 al, 1

        $sequence_6 = { 03f7 6a0d 5f e8???????? 59 59 }
            // n = 6, score = 5000
            //   03f7                 | add                 esi, edi
            //   6a0d                 | push                0xd
            //   5f                   | pop                 edi
            //   e8????????           |                     
            //   59                   | pop                 ecx
            //   59                   | pop                 ecx

        $sequence_7 = { 33c9 663918 7507 41 }
            // n = 4, score = 5000
            //   33c9                 | xor                 ecx, ecx
            //   663918               | cmp                 word ptr [eax], bx
            //   7507                 | jne                 9
            //   41                   | inc                 ecx

        $sequence_8 = { 33c0 6689460e 0fb74606 6685c0 7432 66ff460c }
            // n = 6, score = 3900
            //   33c0                 | xor                 eax, eax
            //   6689460e             | mov                 word ptr [esi + 0xe], ax
            //   0fb74606             | movzx               eax, word ptr [esi + 6]
            //   6685c0               | test                ax, ax
            //   7432                 | je                  0x34
            //   66ff460c             | inc                 word ptr [esi + 0xc]

        $sequence_9 = { 8bf8 c745f801000000 85f6 0f842b010000 837e1000 0f8421010000 807e1400 }
            // n = 7, score = 3900
            //   8bf8                 | mov                 edi, eax
            //   c745f801000000       | mov                 dword ptr [ebp - 8], 1
            //   85f6                 | test                esi, esi
            //   0f842b010000         | je                  0x131
            //   837e1000             | cmp                 dword ptr [esi + 0x10], 0
            //   0f8421010000         | je                  0x127
            //   807e1400             | cmp                 byte ptr [esi + 0x14], 0

        $sequence_10 = { 0f8525ffffff 5b b001 eb30 d0e8 }
            // n = 5, score = 3900
            //   0f8525ffffff         | jne                 0xffffff2b
            //   5b                   | pop                 ebx
            //   b001                 | mov                 al, 1
            //   eb30                 | jmp                 0x32
            //   d0e8                 | shr                 al, 1

        $sequence_11 = { 0f8421010000 807e1400 0f8417010000 85ff 0f84dd000000 53 837df800 }
            // n = 7, score = 3900
            //   0f8421010000         | je                  0x127
            //   807e1400             | cmp                 byte ptr [esi + 0x14], 0
            //   0f8417010000         | je                  0x11d
            //   85ff                 | test                edi, edi
            //   0f84dd000000         | je                  0xe3
            //   53                   | push                ebx
            //   837df800             | cmp                 dword ptr [ebp - 8], 0

        $sequence_12 = { 7432 66ff460e 6639460e 7228 8b4610 8a4e09 }
            // n = 6, score = 3900
            //   7432                 | je                  0x34
            //   66ff460e             | inc                 word ptr [esi + 0xe]
            //   6639460e             | cmp                 word ptr [esi + 0xe], ax
            //   7228                 | jb                  0x2a
            //   8b4610               | mov                 eax, dword ptr [esi + 0x10]
            //   8a4e09               | mov                 cl, byte ptr [esi + 9]

        $sequence_13 = { eb30 d0e8 3ac3 73fa }
            // n = 4, score = 3900
            //   eb30                 | jmp                 0x32
            //   d0e8                 | shr                 al, 1
            //   3ac3                 | cmp                 al, bl
            //   73fa                 | jae                 0xfffffffc

        $sequence_14 = { 85c0 7409 3255fd 8a0f ffd0 8807 }
            // n = 6, score = 3900
            //   85c0                 | test                eax, eax
            //   7409                 | je                  0xb
            //   3255fd               | xor                 dl, byte ptr [ebp - 3]
            //   8a0f                 | mov                 cl, byte ptr [edi]
            //   ffd0                 | call                eax
            //   8807                 | mov                 byte ptr [edi], al

        $sequence_15 = { 7404 84d2 7575 33c0 85c0 740b }
            // n = 6, score = 3900
            //   7404                 | je                  6
            //   84d2                 | test                dl, dl
            //   7575                 | jne                 0x77
            //   33c0                 | xor                 eax, eax
            //   85c0                 | test                eax, eax
            //   740b                 | je                  0xd

    condition:
        7 of them and filesize < 1236992
}
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