Top malware: Qbot resurrected in December
In December 2023, Nanocore was at number one on the malware charts, Qbot was back and the most frequently attacked industry was education and research, ahead of healthcare. Check Point® Software Technologies has released its December 2023 Global Threat Index. This month, the Qbot malware was used by hackers as part of a phishing attack targeting businesses in the hospitality industry. In the campaign, hackers impersonated the US Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and sent fraudulent emails with PDF attachments containing embedded URLs and containing a Microsoft installer...
