Collaborate Disseminate
Digital attackers launched a malicious email campaign that used fear of election interference in order to spread the QBot trojan. On November 4, Malwarebytes came across an attack email. This message arrived as a thread reply in an attempt to boost its… Continue reading Email Attacks Using Fear of Election Interference to Spread QBot
New version of trojan is spreading fast and already has claimed 100,000 victims globally, Check Point has discovered. Continue reading Revamped Qbot Trojan Packs New Punch: Hijacks Email Threads
Kenneth Schuchman, the creator of the massive Satori botnet of enslaved devices, will be spending 13 months behind bars. Continue reading Satori IoT botnet author sentenced to 13 months in prison
The 12-year-old malware is still dangerous, sporting advanced evasion techniques. Continue reading Qbot Trojan Reappears to Go After U.S. Banking Customers
ProLock is relatively new, but already the ransomware is making waves by using QakBot infections to access networks, gain persistence and avoid detection. Continue reading ProLock Ransomware Teams Up With QakBot Trojan to Infect Victims
Researchers say the botnet has emerged over the past three months and shares aspects with Mirai and Qbot. Continue reading Dark_Nexus Botnet Compromises Thousands of ASUS, D-Link Routers
It has been very quiet with regards to malware in the UK for the last month or so. All I have been seeing has been the commodity malware like AgentTesla, Hawkeye & Lokibot that is frequently used by Skiddies and low grade bad actors who buy an off … Continue reading Fake west-telecom.com Update Notice delivers Qbot backdoor
He kept working on new botnets (and swatting a co-conspirator-cum-competitor) while indicted and on supervised release. Continue reading Author of record-setting IoT botnets pleads guilty
Ever-changing Qbot trojan has been spotted in a fresh campaign with a new “context aware” delivery technique. Continue reading Latest Qbot Variant Evades Detection, Infects Thousands
Emotet is moving, shape-shifting target for admins and their security software. Here’s what we’ve learned from dealing with outbreaks. Continue reading Fighting Emotet: lessons from the front line