citadel | c9d5f564b7e8e1a5fe6baab348493ad558b990da2a4bac20b21a1af2e9157f3b

Analysis

max time kernel
148s
max time network
126s
platform
windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
resource
win11ltsc2024-20260911-en
resource tags

arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260911-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
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13/10/2026, 22:33

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General

Target
jaffacakes118_HEUR.Trojan.Win32.Generic.exe
Size 361KB
Sample261013-2gt2tact81
SHA256 c9d5f564b7e8e1a5fe6baab348493ad558b990da2a4bac20b21a1af2e9157f3b
MD5 0e22566362cdf20341ce9f53166e43ad
SHA1 79833aa62effbc8f7388a9ae3ca9766f0f172ae3
SHA512 5aefb23923ca3bc9fe864b5f82ccd9c6d3e193ef3ef6c782ecd99f18db47b0c7eb43e676ef98fd6ca9fcac9a0e551a422cd4e8b6db1c0f3b43fb77e950ca8084
SSDEEP 6144:MI1ENffO0Br+4ha6hhvnY14ahqxMP2wE0j7K4S5E1YSJ+YxANxqNQJ9wwfOXZ:MH9pz3vnxonXK4lYSIqw9wUOXZ
TLSH
T11D74E183F7C2D49AEC6C25B931679E7451A224F30FA182CB0B46672C3A321FD197799D
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Score

10^/10

botnet discovery citadel trojan

Malware Config

Signatures

Family: Citadel
Citadel is a trojan and botnet written in C.
trojan botnet citadel

Detects Citadel payload 2 IoCs

resource	yara_rule
behavioral2/memory/5244-5-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000043B000-memory.dmp	family_citadel
behavioral2/memory/5244-4-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000001B0C000-memory.dmp	family_citadel

Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 1 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 3392 set thread context of 5244	3392	jaffacakes118_HEUR.Trojan.Win32.Generic.exe	89

System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

Attempt gather information about the system language of a victim in order to infer the geographical location of that host.

discovery

System Language Discovery

T1614.001

description	ioc	Process
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	jaffacakes118_HEUR.Trojan.Win32.Generic.exe

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 2 IoCs

pid	Process
3392	jaffacakes118_HEUR.Trojan.Win32.Generic.exe
3392	jaffacakes118_HEUR.Trojan.Win32.Generic.exe

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 1 IoCs

pid	Process
3392	jaffacakes118_HEUR.Trojan.Win32.Generic.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 8 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 3392 wrote to memory of 5244	3392	jaffacakes118_HEUR.Trojan.Win32.Generic.exe	89
PID 3392 wrote to memory of 5244	3392	jaffacakes118_HEUR.Trojan.Win32.Generic.exe	89
PID 3392 wrote to memory of 5244	3392	jaffacakes118_HEUR.Trojan.Win32.Generic.exe	89
PID 3392 wrote to memory of 5244	3392	jaffacakes118_HEUR.Trojan.Win32.Generic.exe	89
PID 3392 wrote to memory of 5244	3392	jaffacakes118_HEUR.Trojan.Win32.Generic.exe	89
PID 3392 wrote to memory of 5244	3392	jaffacakes118_HEUR.Trojan.Win32.Generic.exe	89
PID 3392 wrote to memory of 5244	3392	jaffacakes118_HEUR.Trojan.Win32.Generic.exe	89
PID 3392 wrote to memory of 5244	3392	jaffacakes118_HEUR.Trojan.Win32.Generic.exe	89

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\jaffacakes118_HEUR.Trojan.Win32.Generic.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\jaffacakes118_HEUR.Trojan.Win32.Generic.exe"
1⤵
- Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:3392
- C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\jaffacakes118_HEUR.Trojan.Win32.Generic.exe
  "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\jaffacakes118_HEUR.Trojan.Win32.Generic.exe"
  2⤵
  PID:5244

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

Reconnaissance

Resource Development

Initial Access

Execution

Persistence

Privilege Escalation

Defense Evasion

Credential Access

Discovery

System Location Discovery

T1614

System Language Discovery

T1614.001

Lateral Movement

Collection

Command and Control

Exfiltration

Impact

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Downloads

memory/3392-0-0x0000000000750000-0x0000000000755000-memory.dmp

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memory/5244-5-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000043B000-memory.dmp

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memory/5244-4-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000001B0C000-memory.dmp

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