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The Trickbot Trojan has been revised with a new set of anti-reverse engineering features including the capability to crash computers if analysis tools are detected. Over the years, Trickbot has evolved from its original state as a banking Trojan to Read More …
Microsoft has addressed a zero-day vulnerability that was exploited in the wild to deliver Emotet, Trickbot and more in the form of fake applications. The patch came as part of the computing giant’s December Patch Tuesday update, which included a Read More …
In a concerning development, the notorious Emotet malware now installs Cobalt Strike beacons directly, giving immediate network access to threat actors and making ransomware attacks imminent. Emotet is a malware infection that spreads through spam emails containing malicious Word or Read More …
The Emotet botnet is back by popular demand, resurrected by its former operator, who was convinced by members of the Conti ransomware gang. Security researchers at intelligence company Advanced Intelligence (AdvIntel) believe that restarting the project was driven by the Read More …
Emotet, once described as “the world’s most dangerous malware” before being taken down by a major international police operation, is apparently back – and being installed on Windows systems infected with TrickBot malware. Emotet malware provided its controllers with a Read More …
Malware delivered over the cloud increased by 68% in Q2, according to data from cybersecurity firm Netskope. The company released the fifth edition of its Cloud and Threat Report that covers the cloud data risks, threats and trends they see Read More …
Millions of email addresses collected by Emotet botnet for malware distribution campaigns have been shared by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) as part of the agency’s effort to clean infected computers. Individuals and domain owners can now learn if Read More …
A specially crafted update created by law enforcement has triggered the process of removing the Emotet botnet malware from 1.6 million infected computers around the world. Emotet was thought to be the world’s largest botnet, known for spewing millions of Read More …
On March 8, 2021, Unit 42 published “Attack Chain Overview: Emotet in December 2020 and January 2021.” Based on that analysis, the updated version of Emotet talks to different command and control (C2) servers for data exfiltration or to implement Read More …
A massive malicious spam campaign, along with the global takedown of Emotet, has vaulted the TrickBot trojan to the top of the Check Point’s list of the most popular malware among cybercriminals for February. In January, TrickBot was ranked third Read More …
