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Ransomware gang QakBot resurfaces after Feds’ botnet takedown

Posted on October 6, 2023 by Dissent

Simon Hendery reports:

Evidence suggests the notorious Qakbot malware gang continued staging cyberattacks in August, even as authorities seized its‘ infrastructure and dismantled the formidable botnet it had built up over several years.

Before the FBI-led operation that took down the botnet, QakBot (also known as “QBot,” “QuackBot” and “Pinkslipbot”) was the most common malware loader seen by ReliaQuest, accounting for 30% of all loaders its researchers observed in the first seven months of this year.

Read more at SC Magazine.

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