Banking trojan
Steals online-banking credentials and hijacks sessions with web injects or overlays
categoryMalwareseverityHighdetectabilityMediumlabnot yet measured
Example: Zeus, TrickBot, Mekotio
Classification
28 values: 12 imported, 1 derived, 15 machine-classified. What do these mean?
Exploitability
| Attack vector | Malware |
|---|---|
| Reach (CVSS) | Local |
| Attack complexity | Low |
| Privileges required | None |
| User interaction | Active |
| Attacker skill required | Medium |
| Resources required | Medium |
| Likelihood / prevalence | High |
| Maturity | Commoditized |
Impact & scope
| Severity | High |
|---|---|
| Impact | ConfidentialityFinancial |
| Platform | Windows |
| Environment | MobileOn-premises |
| Target asset class | EndpointIdentity |
| Kill-chain phase (tactic) | Collection |
Detection & telemetry
| Detectability | Medium |
|---|---|
| Data sources (ATT&CK data components) | Logon Session CreationModule LoadNetwork Connection CreationProcess AccessProcess Modification |
| Attack permissions (ATT&CK) | AdministratorSYSTEM |
Detection & response
Mitigated by 11
- M1017 attack-mitigation
- M1018 attack-mitigation
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Detected by 3
- DET0507 attack-detection-strategy
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Framework references
- Primary source: https://www.malwarebytes.com/glossary
- attack: T1185 (primary)
Evidence & sources
- ev-0001 (Cyber Attack Taxonomy) — Name, definition and Example/ID taken verbatim from the 'Malware' table, line 90 of Cyber-Attack-Taxonomy.md
- ev-0002 (Seeded-record enrichment run 2026-09-30 (crosswalk + facet classification)) — Crosswalk to attack:T1185 as the nearest framework entries; ids verified to exist in the cached catalogues.
- ev-0003 (MITRE Enterprise ATT&CK v19.2 (STIX 2.1)) — ATT&CK usage prevalence: 16 groups/software/campaigns reference this technique (ATT&CK enterprise v19.2)