Qakbot malware evolves to bypass detection

The Hacker News reports that HYPERLINK "https://www.scmagazine.com/brief/email-security/novel-windows-installer-vector-leveraged-by-qbot-malware" Qakbot malware operators have been discovered by Zscaler researchers to have adopted code obfuscation and new attack chain layers, as well as leveraged various URLs and file extensions for payload delivery in an effort to better conceal their operations. "Most recently, threat actors have transformed their techniques to evade detection by using ZIP file extensions, enticing file names with common formats, and Excel (XLM) 4.0 to trick victims into downloading malicious attachments that …

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