--- title: Are DarkGate and PikaBot the new QakBot? | daily.dev description: A phishing campaign using DarkGate and PikaBot malware has emerged, exhibiting similarities to the QakBot threat actors. The campaign utilizes evasive tactics... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/are-darkgate-and-pikabot-the-new-qakbot--vi0fn65mr twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Are DarkGate and PikaBot the new QakBot? | daily.dev og:description: A phishing campaign using DarkGate and PikaBot malware has emerged, exhibiting similarities to the QakBot threat actors. The campaign utilizes evasive tactics... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/are-darkgate-and-pikabot-the-new-qakbot--vi0fn65mr og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/VI0Fn65Mr.png og:image:alt: Are DarkGate and PikaBot the new QakBot? og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Are DarkGate and PikaBot the new QakBot? **[Security Boulevard](https://daily.dev/sources/securityboulevard)** · 8 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A phishing campaign using DarkGate and PikaBot malware has emerged, exhibiting similarities to the QakBot threat actors. The campaign utilizes evasive tactics and anti-analysis techniques to distribute the malware, posing a high-level threat. DarkGate and PikaBot are advanced malware with loader capabilities, capable of delivering additional malicious payloads once infected on a user's machine. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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