All Products: What configuration needs to be setup to protect against Qakbot Ransomware?

Products

• Carbon Black App Control (formerly Cb Protection)
• Carbon Black Cloud Endpoint Standard (formerly Cb Defense)
• Carbon Black Cloud Enterprise EDR (formerly Cb Threathunter)
• Carbon Black EDR (formerly Cb Response)
• Carbon Black Hosted EDR (formerly Cb Response Cloud)

Issue/Introduction

What configuration needs to be setup in to protect against Qakbot a.k.a. Qbot/QuackBot/PinkslipBot Ransomware?

Environment

• Carbon Black Cloud: All Versions
• EDR (formerly CB Response): All Versions
• App Control (formerly CB Protection): All Versions

Resolution

The Threat Research team has reviewed this and have prepared a document with recommended configurations:
https://community.carbonblack.com/t5/Threat-Research-Docs/TAU-TIN-Qakbot/ta-p/113460

Additional Information

The TAU-TIN team regularly publish articles on critical vulnerabilities and how to best prevent attacks. Follow the Threat Research space for the latest updates.