S0330: Zeus Panda
Zeus Panda is a Trojan designed to steal banking information and other sensitive credentials for exfiltration. Zeus Panda’s original source code was leaked in 2011, allowing threat actors to use its source code as a basis for new malware variants. It is mainly used to target Windows operating systems ranging from Windows XP through Windows 10.[1][2]
Security context for executives and security teams
S0330: Zeus Panda describes [Zeus Panda](https://attack.mitre.org/software/S0330) is a Trojan designed to steal banking information and other sensitive credentials for exfiltration. [Zeus Panda](https://attack.mitre.org/software/S0330)’s original source code was leaked in 2011, allowing threat actors to use its source code as a basis for new malware variants. It is mainly used to target Windows operating systems ranging from Windows XP through Windows 10.(Citation: Talos Zeus Panda Nov 2017)(Citation: GDATA Zeus Panda June 2017)
Executive priority
S0330: Zeus Panda is an official MITRE ATT&CK software. Glexia treats it as defensive behavior context for prioritizing monitoring, control validation, and response planning without using the object by itself as an attribution claim.
Technical view
Security teams should validate S0330: Zeus Panda by reviewing the official ATT&CK relationships, mapped tactics (the mapped ATT&CK tactic context), supported platforms (Windows), and available local telemetry before making detection or mitigation decisions.
Likely telemetry
- Official ATT&CK relationships and object metadata
- Network, endpoint, and security-tool telemetry
Detection direction
- Validate whether S0330: Zeus Panda appears in your detection coverage and tabletop scenarios.
- Use the object to align executive risk language with SOC, incident response, and detection engineering work.
- Do not treat ATT&CK relationship context as attribution without corroborating evidence.
Mitigation priorities
- Map the object to existing controls and identify missing telemetry or response ownership.
- Prioritize mitigations that reduce exposure on the listed platforms and tactics.
- Review adjacent ATT&CK relationships before changing policy, detections, or reporting language.
Additional notes and limits
Baseline Glexia take generated from the official MITRE ATT&CK STIX object, source hash, tactics, platforms, and detection fields. It is safe to replace with a richer model-generated take for the same source hash later.
This baseline take is source-grounded and schema-validated, but it does not include environment-specific telemetry, incident evidence, or threat-intelligence corroboration.
Generated from the cited source records. This long-tail analysis has not been individually reviewed by a named human.
Zeus Panda
Zeus Panda is a Trojan designed to steal banking information and other sensitive credentials for exfiltration. Zeus Panda’s original source code was leaked in 2011, allowing threat actors to use its source code as a basis for new malware variants. It is mainly used to target Windows operating systems ranging from Windows XP through Windows 10.[1][2]
How security teams should use this page
Treat this object as behavior context, not an attribution claim. Validate the related groups, software, data sources, and mitigations against official ATT&CK relationships and your own telemetry before making control-coverage decisions.
Techniques used
This mirrors the MITRE pattern of making group, software, campaign, and technique relationships scannable. Relationship notes come from mirrored ATT&CK relationship text when available.
| Domain | ID | Name | Relationship / procedure |
|---|---|---|---|
| Enterprise | T1056.004 | Credential API HookingSub-technique | Zeus Panda hooks processes by leveraging its own IAT hooked functions.[2] |
| Enterprise | T1059.001 | PowerShellSub-technique | Zeus Panda uses PowerShell to download and execute the payload.[1] |
| Enterprise | T1518.001 | Security Software DiscoverySub-technique | Zeus Panda checks to see if anti-virus, anti-spyware, or firewall products are installed in the victim’s environment.[1][2] |
| Enterprise | T1057 | Process Discovery | Zeus Panda checks for running processes on the victim’s machine.[2] |
| Enterprise | T1113 | Screen Capture | Zeus Panda can take screenshots of the victim’s machine.[2] |
| Enterprise | T1105 | Ingress Tool Transfer | Zeus Panda can download additional malware plug-in modules and execute them on the victim’s machine.[2] |
| Enterprise | T1059 | Command and Scripting Interpreter | Zeus Panda can launch remote scripts on the victim’s machine.[2] |
| Enterprise | T1124 | System Time Discovery | Zeus Panda collects the current system time (UTC) and sends it back to the C2 server.[2] |
| Enterprise | T1614.001 | System Language DiscoverySub-technique | Zeus Panda queries the system's keyboard mapping to determine the language used on the system. It will terminate execution if it detects LANG_RUSSIAN, LANG_BELARUSIAN, LANG_KAZAK, or LANG_UKRAINIAN.[1] |
| Enterprise | T1112 | Modify Registry | Zeus Panda modifies several Registry keys under |
| Enterprise | T1071.001 | Web ProtocolsSub-technique | Zeus Panda uses HTTP for C2 communications.[1] |
| Enterprise | T1070.004 | File DeletionSub-technique | Zeus Panda has a command to delete a file. It also can uninstall scripts and delete files to cover its track.[2] |
| Enterprise | T1027.013 | Encrypted/Encoded FileSub-technique | Zeus Panda encrypts strings with XOR. Zeus Panda also encrypts all configuration and settings in AES and RC4.[1][2] |
| Enterprise | T1027.010 | Command ObfuscationSub-technique | Zeus Panda obfuscates the macro commands in its initial payload.[1] |
| Enterprise | T1059.003 | Windows Command ShellSub-technique | Zeus Panda can launch an interface where it can execute several commands on the victim’s PC.[2] |
| Enterprise | T1115 | Clipboard Data | Zeus Panda can hook GetClipboardData function to watch for clipboard pastes to collect.[2] |
| Enterprise | T1012 | Query Registry | Zeus Panda checks for the existence of a Registry key and if it contains certain values.[2] |
| Enterprise | T1055.002 | Portable Executable InjectionSub-technique | Zeus Panda checks processes on the system and if they meet the necessary requirements, it injects into that process.[2] |
| Enterprise | T1082 | System Information Discovery | Zeus Panda collects the OS version, system architecture, computer name, product ID, install date, and information on the keyboard mapping to determine the language used on the system.[1][2] |
| Enterprise | T1547.001 | Registry Run Keys / Startup FolderSub-technique | Zeus Panda adds persistence by creating Registry Run keys.[1][2] |
| Enterprise | T1056.001 | KeyloggingSub-technique | Zeus Panda can perform keylogging on the victim’s machine by hooking the functions TranslateMessage and WM_KEYDOWN.[2] |
| Enterprise | T1140 | Deobfuscate/Decode Files or Information | Zeus Panda decrypts strings in the code during the execution process.[1] |
| Enterprise | T1083 | File and Directory Discovery | Zeus Panda searches for specific directories on the victim’s machine.[2] |
All related ATT&CK context
Object version and sync metadata
The fields below describe the current mirrored snapshot. When Glexia retains multiple ATT&CK source imports, you can open the table to compare the same object across releases (hashes and MITRE timestamps). For MITRE’s own release notes and roadmap, see ATT&CK resources — Updates.
Imported snapshots across ATT&CK releases(2)
| Release | Bundle imported | Object version | Modified | Status | Raw hash |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19.2 | 1.4 | Current bundle | af83cc8fb717… | ||
| 19.1 | 1.4 | Older bundle | af83cc8fb717… |
Mirrored ATT&CK source object
The raw object is retained through the mirrored ATT&CK source bundle and object hash. The raw endpoint returns the exact object from the mirrored bundle when available.
External references and citations
MITRE external references are preserved separately from Glexia analysis so citations remain traceable to their original source records.
- [1]Talos Zeus Panda Nov 2017
Brumaghin, E., et al. (2017, November 02). Poisoning the Well: Banking Trojan Targets Google Search Results. Retrieved November 5, 2018.
Open source URL - [2]GDATA Zeus Panda June 2017
Ebach, L. (2017, June 22). Analysis Results of Zeus.Variant.Panda. Retrieved November 5, 2018.
Open source URL - [3]Zeus Panda
(Citation: Talos Zeus Panda Nov 2017)(Citation: GDATA Zeus Panda June 2017)
- [4]mitre-attackS0330Open source URL
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