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Citadel Malware

Vangie Beal
Last Updated May 24, 2021 7:38 am

Citadel Trojan is malware created by a malicious code generating program. Citadel was designed to steal personal information, including banking and financial information, from its victims. The Citadel Trojan, based on the Zeus source code, constructs a botnet consisting of a large number of infected computers. The attacker can execute malicious code on an infected computer, including ransomware and scareware.