PikaBot malware on the rise: What organizations need to know 

This ThreatDown report describes PikaBot, a modular trojan emerging in early 2023 that acts as a QakBot successor and is being leveraged by ransomware affiliates (notably BlackBasta); it details PikaBot's capabilities (command execution, payload delivery, process injection, credential theft), distribution vectors (geolocated email phishing, malvertising, SMB-hosted ZIPs), evasive techniques, and recommended defenses including EDR, phishing controls, and proactive threat hunting.