Collaborate Disseminate
By Deeba Ahmed
The Qakbot malware is also known as “Qbot” and “Pinkslipbot,” and was used to target critical industries worldwide.
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The Qakbot botnet has been disrupted by an international law enforcement operation that culminated last weekend, when infected computers started getting untethered from it by specially crafted FBI software. Arranging a widespread Qakbot removal The Qak… Continue reading The removal of Qakbot from infected computers is just the first step
U.S. law enforcement announce the disruption of the notorious Qakbot cybercrime operation and the release of an auto-disinfection tool to 700,000 infected machines.
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The U.S. government today announced a coordinated crackdown against QakBot, a complex malware family used by multiple cybercrime groups to lay the groundwork for ransomware infections. The international law enforcement operation involved seizing control over the botnet’s online infrastructure, and quietly removing the Qakbot malware from tens of thousands of infected Microsoft Windows computer systems. Continue reading U.S. Hacks QakBot, Quietly Removes Botnet Infections
The FBI says that the patches Barracuda released in May for an exploited ESG zero-day vulnerability (CVE-2023-2868) were not effective.
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By Habiba Rashid
Foreign cyber spies are targeting the US space industry for secrets and technology, warns the FBI, NCSC, and AFOSI.
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You’ve probably never heard of “16Shop,” but there’s a good chance someone using it has tried to phish you.
Last week, the international police organization INTERPOL said it had shuttered the notorious 16Shop, a popular phishing-as-a-service platform launched in 2017 that made it simple for even complete novices to conduct complex and convincing phishing scams. INTERPOL said authorities in Indonesia arrested the 21-year-old proprietor and one of his alleged facilitators, and that a third suspect was apprehended in Japan. Continue reading Karma Catches Up to Global Phishing Service 16Shop
Are you the kind of person who runs the beta-test versions of mobile apps before they are officially released? If so, the FBI is warning you to be on your guard.
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Apps on your iPhone must come from the App Store. Except when they don’t… we explain what to look out for. Continue reading FBI warns about scams that lure you in as a mobile beta-tester
According to an FBI report, in 2022, global losses from business email compromise (BEC) and email account compromise (EAC) attacks attained $43 billion, hitting a historic anti-record. Multiple cybersecurity vendors, including Microsoft and Trend Micro… Continue reading Product showcase: Free email security test by ImmuniWeb Community Edition