All posts tagged "EMOTET"

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  QakBot Malware Resurfaces with New Tactics, Targeting the Hospitality Industry

  A new wave of phishing messages distributing the QakBot malware has been observed, more than three months after a law enforcement effort...

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  Microsoft Warns of Malvertising Scheme Spreading CACTUS Ransomware

  Microsoft has warned of a new wave of CACTUS ransomware attacks that leverage malvertising lures to deploy DanaBot as an initial access...

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  New SOHO Router Botnet AVrecon Spreads to 70,000 Devices Across 20 Countries

  A new malware strain has been found covertly targeting small office/home office (SOHO) routers for more than two years, infiltrating over 70,000...

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  Emotet Rises Again: Evades Macro Security via OneNote Attachments

  The notorious Emotet malware, in its return after a short hiatus, is now being distributed via Microsoft OneNote email attachments in an...

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  Emotet Malware Makes a Comeback with New Evasion Techniques

  The Emotet malware operation has continued to refine its tactics in an effort to fly under the radar, while also acting as...

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  IcedID Malware Strikes Again: Active Directory Domain Compromised in Under 24 Hours

  A recent IcedID malware attack enabled the threat actor to compromise the Active Directory domain of an unnamed target less than 24...

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  All You Need to Know About Emotet in 2022

  For 6 months, the infamous Emotet botnet has shown almost no activity, and now it’s distributing malicious spam. Let’s dive into details...

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  Emotet Botnet Distributing Self-Unlocking Password-Protected RAR Files to Drop Malware

  The notorious Emotet botnet has been linked to a new wave of malspam campaigns that take advantage of password-protected archive files to...

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  New Ursnif Variant Likely Shifting Focus to Ransomware and Data Theft

  The Ursnif malware has become the latest malware to shed its roots as a banking trojan to revamp itself into a generic...

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  New Report Uncovers Emotet’s Delivery and Evasion Techniques Used in Recent Attacks

  Threat actors associated with the notorious Emotet malware are continually shifting their tactics and command-and-control (C2) infrastructure to escape detection, according to...

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  Emotet Botnet Started Distributing Quantum and BlackCat Ransomware

  The Emotet malware is now being leveraged by ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) groups, including Quantum and BlackCat, after Conti’s official retirement from the threat...

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  New Emotet Variant Stealing Users’ Credit Card Information from Google Chrome

  Image Source: Toptal The notorious Emotet malware has turned to deploy a new module designed to siphon credit card information stored in...

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  Emotet Testing New Delivery Ideas After Microsoft Disables VBA Macros by Default

  The threat actor behind the prolific Emotet botnet is testing new attack methods on a small scale before co-opting them into their...

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  Hackers Hijack Email Reply Chains on Unpatched Exchange Servers to Spread Malware

  A new email phishing campaign has been spotted leveraging the tactic of conversation hijacking to deliver the IcedID info-stealing malware onto infected...

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  Emotet Botnet’s Latest Resurgence Spreads to Over 100,000 Computers

  The insidious Emotet botnet, which staged a return in November 2021 after a 10-month-long hiatus, is once again exhibiting signs of steady...

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  Rebirth of Emotet: New Features of the Botnet and How to Detect it

  One of the most dangerous and infamous threats is back again. In January 2021, global officials took down the botnet. Law enforcement...

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  Emotet Now Using Unconventional IP Address Formats to Evade Detection

  Social engineering campaigns involving the deployment of the Emotet malware botnet have been observed using “unconventional” IP address formats for the first...

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  Microsoft Issues Windows Update to Patch 0-Day Used to Spread Emotet Malware

  Microsoft has rolled out Patch Tuesday updates to address multiple security vulnerabilities in Windows and other software, including one actively exploited flaw...

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  140,000 Reasons Why Emotet is Piggybacking on TrickBot in its Return from the Dead

  The operators of TrickBot malware have infected an estimated 140,000 victims across 149 countries a little over a year after attempts were...

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  Emotet malware reemerges, building botnet via Trickbot malware

  Bad news for the cybersecurity fraternity. Emotet malware that was dubbed the “World’s Most Dangerous” and “Widely Spread Malware” is back. As...

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  Notorious Emotet Botnet Makes a Comeback with the Help of TrickBot Malware

  The notorious Emotet malware is staging a comeback of sorts nearly 10 months after a coordinated law enforcement operation dismantled its command-and-control...