All posts tagged "QakBot"

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  QakBot Threat Actors Still in Action, Using Ransom Knight and Remcos RAT in Latest Attacks

  Despite the disruption to its infrastructure, the threat actors behind the QakBot malware have been linked to an ongoing phishing campaign since...

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  FBI Dismantles QakBot Malware, Frees 700,000 Computers, Seizes $8.6 Million

  A coordinated law enforcement effort codenamed Operation Duck Hunt has felled QakBot, a notorious Windows malware family that’s estimated to have compromised...

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  QakBot Malware Operators Expand C2 Network with 15 New Servers

  The operators associated with the QakBot (aka QBot) malware have set up 15 new command-and-control (C2) servers as of late June 2023....

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  Evasive QBot Malware Leverages Short-lived Residential IPs for Dynamic Attacks

  An analysis of the “evasive and tenacious” malware known as QBot has revealed that 25% of its command-and-control (C2) servers are merely...

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  Hacking Using SVG Files to Smuggle QBot Malware onto Windows Systems

  Phishing campaigns involving the Qakbot malware are using Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) images embedded in HTML email attachments. The new distribution method...

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  Black Basta Ransomware Gang Actively Infiltrating U.S. Companies with Qakbot Malware

  Companies based in the U.S. have been at the receiving end of an “aggressive” Qakbot malware campaign that leads to Black Basta...

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  New Ursnif Variant Likely Shifting Focus to Ransomware and Data Theft

  The Ursnif malware has become the latest malware to shed its roots as a banking trojan to revamp itself into a generic...

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  Researchers Uncover New Attempts by Qakbot Malware to Evade Detection

  The operators behind the Qakbot malware are transforming their delivery vectors in an attempt to sidestep detection. “Most recently, threat actors have...

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  Hackers Using Squirrelwaffle Loader to Deploy Qakbot and Cobalt Strike

  A new spam email campaign has emerged as a conduit for a previously undocumented malware loader that enables the attackers to gain...

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  QakBot/Pinkslipbot: This Malware Remains Active Even After Being Deleted From PC

  Short Bytes: The security researchers from McAfee have detected a banking trojan that infects home and enterprise computers using universal plug and...

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  A Banking Trojan Called “QakBot ” Attack Thousands of Windows Active Directory and users to get locksout of their Company’s Domain

  An Existing Banking Trojan called “QakBot ” attack Windows  Active Directory users and leads to locks out the thousands of Active Directory...