Qbot hackers exploiting Windows 10 Control Panel flaw

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Malicious actors exploit weakness in Windows 10 Control Panel to spread QBot malware
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Malicious actors exploit weakness in Windows 10 Control Panel to spread QBot malware

Kaspersky said last month that it had found more than 400 infected websites spreading the notorious banking Trojan

The operators of QBot malware are using a DLL hijacking flaw in the Windows 10 Control Panel to infect computers and avoid being detected by security software. The notorious banking Trojan QBot,...

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