From Macro To Mitigation: An Analysis of TrickBot’s Lifecycle

Summary

Since the identification of TrickBot in late-2016, we have observed it targeting bank customers throughout the United States, United Kingdom, Germany, Australia, and Canada, following an attack pattern similar to the Trojan from which it was developed, Dyre. TrickBot enters into a victims machine and sends bank information to criminals through a complex series of events initiated by one click. Once initiated, TrickBot resides in the background, operating as unobtrusively as possible. While the process, from installation to credential theft, can happen in seconds, TrickBot follows discrete linear steps that provide opportunities for mitigation.

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