How the FBI took down the notorious Qakbot botnet

How the FBI took down the notorious Qakbot botnet Operation ‘Duck Hunt’ tricked thousands of Qakbot-infected computers into downloading an FBI-made uninstaller A global law enforcement operation this week took down and dismantled the notorious Qakbot botnet, touted as the largest U.S.-led financial and technical disruption of a botnet infrastructure. Qakbot is a banking trojan that became infamous for providing an initial foothold on a victim's network for other hackers to buy access and deliver their own malware, such as ransomware. U.S. officials said Qakbot has helped to facilitate more than 40 ransomware attacks over the past 18 months alone,…