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Top malware: Qbot resurrected in December
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...

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Malware CloudEye replaces Qbot in first place
Malware CloudEye replaces Qbot in first place

In the global threat index for September 2023, the CloudEye malware is the most widespread. Healthcare facilities are the most common target of hackers. In August, the multi-purpose malware Qbot, aka Qakbot, was dismantled and shut down by FBI investigators. This marks the end of a long time for Qbot as the most widespread malware, after topping the global hit list for almost all of 2023. CloudEye leads the top malware Checkpoint's global threat index for September 2023 makes the consequences for the German threat landscape visible: CloudEye, formerly GuLoader, a downloader that injects malicious programs into Windows platforms,...

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