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This report contains spam and phishing statistics for 2023, along with descriptions of the main trends, among these artificial intelligence, instant messaging phishing, and multilingual BEC attacks. Continue reading Spam and phishing in 2023
Qakbot cybercriminals continue to push malware, which shows they are still operational after the recent takedown attempt.
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Industry professionals comment on the law enforcement operation targeting the Qakbot botnet and its implications.
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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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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
“Operation Duck Hunt” also included authorities in France, Germany, the Netherlands, Romania, Latvia and the U.K.
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Microsoft’s decision to disable macros by default last year has forced hacking crews to find new, and sometimes old, ways to get a foothold.
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In early April, we detected a significant increase in attacks that use banking Trojans of the QBot family (aka QakBot, QuackBot, and Pinkslipbot). The malware would be delivered through e-mails that were based on real business letters the attackers had gotten access to. Continue reading QBot banker delivered through business correspondence
Statistics on spam and phishing with the key trends in 2022: two-stage spear phishing, hijacking of social network and instant messaging accounts, import substitution, and survey phishing. Continue reading Spam and phishing in 2022