Bleeping Computer

Emotet botnet now pushes Quantum and BlackCat ransomware

While monitoring the Emotet botnet's current activity, security researchers found that the Quantum and BlackCat ransomware gangs are now using the malware to deploy their payloads. This is an ...
ZDNet

Microsoft: We've just disrupted this ransomware-spreading botnet

Microsoft has carried out another legal-technical takedown against cyber criminals, this time to dismantle the ZLoader botnet's infrastructure. ZLoader malware has infected thousands of organizations, ...
Bleeping Computer

Botnet sent millions of emails in LockBit Black ransomware campaign

Since April, millions of phishing emails have been sent through the Phorpiex botnet to conduct a large-scale LockBit Black ransomware campaign. As New Jersey's Cybersecurity and Communications ...
TechSpot

FBI shoots down Qakbot botnet used to deliver ransomware

What just happened? In close cooperation with Eurojust, the FBI has dismantled the infrastructure of a widely recognized botnet operation. Qbot, which facilitated ransomware deployments and caused ...
Krebs on Security

U.S. Hacks QakBot, Quietly Removes Botnet Infections

The U.S. government today announced a coordinated crackdown against QakBot, a complex malware family used by multiple cybercrime groups to lay the groundwork for ransomware infections. The ...