The removal of Qakbot from infected computers is just the first step

The Qakbot botnet has been disrupted by an international law enforcement operation that culminated last weekend, when infected computers started getting untethered from it by specially crafted FBI software. Arranging a widespread Qakbot removal The Qakbot administrators use a system of tiered servers (Tier 1, Tier 2, and Tier 3) to control the Qakbot malware installed on infected computers. “Tier 1 servers are computers infected with Qakbot that have an additional software ‘supernode’ module installed … More →

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