A study by risk solutions provider Kroll has identified a growing trend in the use of the Qakbot trojan, or Qbot, to launch email thread hijacking campaigns and to deploy ransomware attacks.
According to the findings in conjunction with analysts from the National Cyber-Forensics and Training Alliance, cybercriminals seek to steal financial data from multiple industries such as media, education and academia. However, the COVID-19 pandemic has helped the attacks target the health care sector as well.