--- title: Qakbot malware’s creators ride again, despite FBI takedown description: The creators of the Qakbot banking Trojan are still active and working on a new campaign distributing a variant of the Knight ransomware threat. Despite... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/qakbot-malware-s-creators-ride-again-despite-fbi-takedown-e8udxsf6o twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Qakbot malware’s creators ride again, despite FBI takedown | daily.dev og:description: The creators of the Qakbot banking Trojan are still active and working on a new campaign distributing a variant of the Knight ransomware threat. Despite... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/qakbot-malware-s-creators-ride-again-despite-fbi-takedown-e8udxsf6o og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/E8uDxsf6O.png og:image:alt: Qakbot malware’s creators ride again, despite FBI takedown 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. # Qakbot malware’s creators ride again, despite FBI takedown **[CSO Online](https://daily.dev/sources/csoonline)** · 2 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary The creators of the Qakbot banking Trojan are still active and working on a new campaign distributing a variant of the Knight ransomware threat. Despite previous law enforcement action, the Qakbot actors are likely to rebuild their infrastructure and pose a continued threat to users. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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