What guidance is there for 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: All Versions
• App Control: All Versions

Resolution

 Information on Qakbot Ransomware can be found on our Threat Research site.