The Federal Bureau of Investigations, amid one of the largest-ever U.S.-led enforcement actions against a botnet, Aug. 29 announced the successful takedown of QakBot, the botnet infrastructure used by cybercriminals for ransomware, financial fraud and other criminal activity. QakBot – also known as Qbot, Quackbot, Pinkslipbot and TA570 – infects victim computers via spam emails […]
