title: SystemHelpDesk Detection - Trickster (Banking Trojan) Execution & Triage
id: 42a837ee-19c9-5d13-8fbe-40cb04aa830d
status: production
description: Detects execution, defense evasion, and persistence behaviors associated
  with the Trickster malware family. Detects recon staging, certutil file payload
  staging, and web-inject process proxying characteristic of banking trojan initial
  loaders.
references:
- https://malware-families-catalog.systemhelpdesk.com/families/trickster
- https://malware-families-catalog.systemhelpdesk.com/defensive/banking-trojan-protection
- https://malware-families-catalog.systemhelpdesk.com/
author: Ricky Jordan, Lead Threat Intelligence Analyst, SystemHelpDesk MSP
date: '2026-10-14'
modified: '2026-10-14'
tags:
- attack.banking-trojan
- author.ricky-jordan
- source.systemhelpdesk-mfc
- attack.t1566_001
- attack.t1059_003
- attack.t1055_001
- attack.t1003_001
- attack.t1021_002
logsource:
  category: process_creation
  product: windows
detection:
  selection_process:
    Image|endswith:
    - \svchost.exe
    - \explorer.exe
    - \msiexec.exe
    - \certutil.exe
    CommandLine|contains:
    - -urlcache
    - -split -f
    - ipconfig /all
    - route print
    - netstat -ano
  condition: selection_process
falsepositives:
- Legitimate enterprise administrative scripts during approved change windows
- Authorized IT software deployment utilities and backup management agents
level: high