Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai on Nostr: NEW: The FBI shut down the infrastructure belonging to the infamous Qakbot malware. ...
NEW: The FBI shut down the infrastructure belonging to the infamous Qakbot malware.
And in the process they also tricked the victim computers into removing the malware, with an uninstaller created for the FBI.
"To dismantle the botnet, the FBI gained lawful access to Qakbot’s infrastructure and redirected Qakbot traffic to FBI-controlled servers, which instructed infected computers to download an uninstaller file. This uninstaller was created by law enforcement to untether the victims’ computers from the Qakbot botnet, preventing further installation of malware through Qakbot."
https://techcrunch.com/2023/08/29/fbi-operation-qakbot-uninstall/
And in the process they also tricked the victim computers into removing the malware, with an uninstaller created for the FBI.
"To dismantle the botnet, the FBI gained lawful access to Qakbot’s infrastructure and redirected Qakbot traffic to FBI-controlled servers, which instructed infected computers to download an uninstaller file. This uninstaller was created by law enforcement to untether the victims’ computers from the Qakbot botnet, preventing further installation of malware through Qakbot."
https://techcrunch.com/2023/08/29/fbi-operation-qakbot-uninstall/