qaknote (1)

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Qakbot was first observed in 2008.  While it was originally a banking trojan, it has evolved   over   time   to   include   gaining   access, dropping  additional malware,   and performing other data-stealing, ransomware, and malicious activities   across a network.

QakNote is the name of the new QakBot campaign.  It was first reported by Cynet researcher, Max Malyutin, on Twitter, who explained that threat actors were experimenting with a new Distribution method to replace the former use of ma