Rise in Qakbot Attacks Traced to Evolving Threat Techniques
released on 2022-07-14 @ 08:44:04 AM
Active since 2008, Qakbot, also known as QBot, QuackBot and Pinkslipbot, is a common trojan malware designed to steal passwords. This pervasive threat spreads using an email-driven botnet that inserts replies in active email threads. Qakbot threat actors are also known to target bank customers and use the access they gain through compromised credentials to spy on financial operations and gain valuable intel.