Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Tue, 14 May 2024 20:19:23 +0000
Microsoft today released updates to fix more than 60 security holes in Windows computers and supported software, including two “zero-day” vulnerabilities in Windows that are already being exploited in active attacks. There are also important security patches available for macOS and Adobe users, and for the Chrome Web browser, which just patched its own zero-day flaw.
Read moreCategories: News Categories: Ransomware Tags: Qakbot Tags: FBI Tags: law enforcement Tags: takedown Tags: removal tool Tags: HIBP Tags: Spamhaus The Qakbot botnet has suffered a major setback after its infrastructure was heavily disrupted by US and European law enforcement agencies. |
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Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2023 18:35:25 +0000
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.
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Credit to Author: Andrew Brandt| Date: Mon, 06 Feb 2023 18:17:20 +0000
A large-scale “QakNote” attack deploys malicious .one files as a novel infection vector
Read moreCredit to Author: Jovi Umawing| Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2022 10:15:34 +0000
Emotet is back with a new spam campaign. And it’s now spreading itself as a shortcut link file pretending to be Word document.
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Credit to Author: Steeve Gaudreault| Date: Thu, 10 Mar 2022 11:00:56 +0000
The heavily distributed botnet delivers a wide variety of payloads – and scans your network for weaknesses
Read moreCredit to Author: Jérôme Segura| Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2019 16:00:00 +0000
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| In order to maximize infection rate, threat actors are now launching the Spelevo exploit kit with a decoy adult site, social engineering users into downloading a malicious video player. Categories: Tags: EKexploit kitGozimalvertisingQakbotQbotSocial EngineeringSpelevoUrsnif |
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