Shifu
Intelligence Profile
Shifu was originally discovered by Trusteer security researchers (Ilya Kolmanovich, Denis Laskov) in the middle of 2015. It is a banking trojan mostly focusing on Japanese banks and has rich features for remote data extraction and control.
Threat Analysis
Shifu is a malware family tracked by threat intelligence researchers and catalogued in the Malpedia dataset. It represents a distinct malicious software lineage with identifiable code characteristics, behaviors, and victimology.
Financially motivated threat actors like Shifu prioritize monetary gain through methods such as ransomware deployment, banking trojans, cryptocurrency theft, BEC scams, or credential harvesting for resale on underground markets.
With high sophistication, Shifu is capable of targeted intrusions using adapted commodity tools alongside custom implants, maintaining operational security and evading standard detection mechanisms.