Qakbot
ObscureIQ Threat Intelligence · Actor Profile
QakbotConfidence: High
Botnet / malware operator
Also known as: Pinkslipbot, QBot
Motivation: Financial
1Attributed Breaches Circulating
HighAttribution Confidence
Botnet / malware operatorActor Type
Overview
Operators of the Qakbot banking-trojan-turned-loader, active since 2007-2008 before becoming a major ransomware-delivery and access-broker botnet. Dismantled in the August 2023 multinational Operation Duck Hunt (700k+ infected machines, $8.6M+ extorted); delivered via malspam.
Tactics, Targeting & TTPs
Delivered via malspam; used to drop ransomware and act as a RAT. DOJ/Europol seized infrastructure in 2023 (700k+ infected machines; $8.6M+ extorted).
Source
Attribution draws on public threat-intelligence reporting · Established (multi-source). Primary source →
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