Chthonic
Aliases: AndroKINS
- First seen
- 2014-12-01 00:00:00
- Malware type
- trojan, credential-stealer
- Family
- Malware family
- Last IoC activity
- 2026-07-19 21:56:59
- Profile updated
- 2026-07-07 14:31:53
Targeted industries: financial-services
Targeted regions: country_code:ru country_code:ua country_code:gb
Context
Chthonic is a banking trojan malware that primarily targets financial institutions. It is known for its credential-stealing capabilities and has been linked to attacks mostly in Russia, Ukraine, and the United Kingdom.
Detection coverage
- 1 YARA rules
Detection rules
- MALPEDIA_Win_Chthonic_Auto (yara-rule)
Reports & references
- Trend Micro — Ssl Tls Technical Brief (report)
- proofpoint.com — Threat Actors Using Legitimate Paypal Accounts To Distribute Chthonic Banking Trojan (report)
- malpedia.caad.fkie.fraunhofer.de — Win.Chthonic (report)
- Kaspersky — 68176 (report)
- bartblaze.blogspot.com — Crystal Finance Millennium Used To (report)