Ares (Windows)
- First seen
- 2022-08-01 00:00:00
- Malware type
- trojan, credential-stealer
- Family
- Malware family
- Profile updated
- 2026-07-07 14:44:57
Targeted industries: financial-services
Context
A banking trojan, derived from the source code of win.kronos. In August 2022 it started to incorporate DGA code from win.qakbot.
Reports & references
- malpedia.caad.fkie.fraunhofer.de — Win.Ares (report)
- zscaler.com — Ares Banking Trojan Learns Old Tricks Adds Defunct Qakbot Dga (report)
- zscaler.com — Ares Malware Grandson Kronos Banking Trojan (report)