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QakBot Malware Resurfaces with New Tactics, Targeting the Hospitality Industry

The Hacker News, December 18, 2023. The first post-takedown QakBot activity: a phishing campaign identified by Microsoft Threat Intelligence that commenced on 11 December 2023 and targeted the hospitality sector, using a PDF from a sender impersonating an IRS employee..

Source type
News report
Published
December 18, 2023
Research grade
S2
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Bibliographic record

Publisher
The Hacker News
Published
December 18, 2023
Source type
News report
Research grade
Source grade S2
Language
English
Official record
Not an official publication
Address
https://thehackernews.com/2023/12/qakbot-malware-resurfaces-with-new.html
What it supports
The first post-takedown QakBot activity: a phishing campaign identified by Microsoft Threat Intelligence that commenced on 11 December 2023 and targeted the hospitality sector, using a PDF from a sender impersonating an IRS employee.
Dataset id
src_thehackernews_qakbot_resurfaces

Research notes

  • By Ravie Lakshmanan.
  • The 2023-12-11 campaign start date is the resurgence date; 2023-12-18 is the article's publication date.

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Sources were reviewed to a research cutoff of August 23, 2026. Addresses recorded after that date are not reflected here.

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