Fresh wave of mutating Qakbot malware brings down enterprise networks

See Also - Qbot malware resurfaces with renewed powers ready to steal your banking credentials
 
The malware is able to lock out companies from accessing their networks as well as infecting neighboring systems.
 
By Charlie Osborne for Zero Day | May 23, 2017
 
The Qakbot malware is making a comeback with a new campaign targeting enterprise players to disrupt operations and lock companies out of their own systems.
 
On Tuesday, researchers from Cylance said that Qakbot, an information-stealing Trojan and backdoor malware that targets the Microsoft Windows operating system and 64-bit browsers with a particular slant towards business users, is back with a new campaign -- and thanks to a re-write from the ground up, is even nastier than before.
 
Full Article