--- title: Qakbot Takedown Aftermath: Mitigations and Protecting... description: The US Department of Justice and the FBI collaborated to dismantle the Qakbot malware and botnet, but concerns remain about its reduced form. Mitigation... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/qakbot-takedown-aftermath-mitigations-and-protecting-against-future-threats-ak9cv4owq twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Qakbot Takedown Aftermath: Mitigations and Protecting Against Future Threats | daily.dev og:description: The US Department of Justice and the FBI collaborated to dismantle the Qakbot malware and botnet, but concerns remain about its reduced form. Mitigation... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/qakbot-takedown-aftermath-mitigations-and-protecting-against-future-threats-ak9cv4owq og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/AK9cV4oWQ.png og:image:alt: Qakbot Takedown Aftermath: Mitigations and Protecting Against Future Threats 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 Takedown Aftermath: Mitigations and Protecting Against Future Threats **[The Hacker News](https://daily.dev/sources/thn)** · 3 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary The US Department of Justice and the FBI collaborated to dismantle the Qakbot malware and botnet, but concerns remain about its reduced form. Mitigation strategies and guidance on determining past infections are provided. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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