QBot

Blog articles filed under "QBot". • AKA Pinkslipbot • Discovered in 2008 and under constant development, with gaps in operational use in the wild; operators are occasionally known as GOLD LAGOON • Banking Trojan, steals financial data, browser information/hooks,  keystrokes, credentials; described by CheckPoint as a “Swiss Army knife” • Known to leverage many other tools; for example, PowerShell and Mimikatz are used for self-propagation • Attempts obfuscation via legitimate process injection • Known to serve as a dropper for ProLock ransomware • Infection vectors are common, with malspam as the most frequent