Godzilla Loader
- First seen
- 2019-03-01 00:00:00
- Malware type
- loader
- Family
- Malware family
- Profile updated
- 2026-07-07 15:03:20
Targeted industries: financial-services technology-and-telecommunications
Context
Godzilla Loader is a malware family primarily used to facilitate the distribution of additional malicious payloads, often targeting financial services and technology sectors. It functions as a downloader to infect systems and subsequently deploys secondary malware such as credential stealers.
Detection coverage
- 1 YARA rules
Detection rules
- DITEKSHEN_MALWARE_Win_Godzilla (yara-rule)
Reports & references
- malpedia.caad.fkie.fraunhofer.de — Win.Godzilla Loader (report)
- kernelmode.info — Viewtopic0692 (report)
- research.checkpoint.com — Godzilla Loader And The Long Tail Of Malware (report)
- arbornetworks.com — Trickbot Banker Insights (report)