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The Emotet botnet comes and goes, but it is still one of the top cyber security threats active today. Its flexibility and updates have kept it in use by threat actors whilst other malware has been defeated by cyber security defences. The latest versions are still arriving in phishing emails, …
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Just when it looked like the Emotet spamming/malware operation had stopped, there are widespread reports that it has restarted. Emotet botnet starts blasting malware again after 5 month break (bleepingcomputer.com) Infected Microsoft Office documents are Emotet’s favoured method of malware distribution. Once the email has slipped past your technical defences, …
The Emotet botnet started off as banking trojan then evolved into a spamming and malware delivery system, has now moved onto exfiltrating credit card data: Emotet malware gang shifts to stealing credit cards • The Register If you have your credit card details stored in your Google Chrome browser, the …
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Check Point Research shows a steady increase in the circulation of malware in March 2022, with a surge around Easter and Easter scams. March 2022’s Most Wanted Malware: Easter Phishing Scams Help Emotet Assert its Dominance – Check Point Software The highly disruptive malware, Emotet was the most distributed malware. …
It’s Emotet – this is obviously where the cyber-criminals are making their money. Emotet reestablishes itself at the top of the malware world • The Register Emotet is operated by an operation called Cryptolaemus, and they have been developing the code to bring the malware back after it had been …
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The SANS Internet Storm Diary is reporting that the Emotet botnet, that was taken down earlier this year by worldwide Co-operation of law enforcing has started to show up again on their monitoring. Emotet Returns – SANS This botnet distributes malicious packages via email attachments and then deploys these packages …
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