Shape-shifting and supremely tough malware is targeting the public sector

Security researchers have discovered a new strain of the Qbot malware that is hard to find and difficult to remove, and it’s targetting the public sector.

The malware has already infected over 50,000 PCs globally, according to research by BAE Systems, which discovered it at the start of the year after an attack on a public sector that left 500 computers infected.

Researchers managed to analyse the new strain and discovered a number of modifications had been made to the original Qbot malware to make it harder to detect and intercept.