Emotet malware is experiencing explosive growth
The number of variants of the Emotet malware is experiencing explosive growth, as discovered by security company G DATA. The malware was still aimed at financial institutions when it was discovered in 2014, but is now widely used for industrial espionage, for example.
Emotet is one of the most destr... Read more
Trojan Emotet spotted in the wild again, with new techniques
The Emotet Trojan, who worked as a thorn in the heel of financial institutions, is back. This time with new techniques and a sharp increase in the number of attacks. Menlo Security researchers report that Emotet attacks have increased significantly since mid-January and that the malware is infecting... Read more
Trend Micro finds connection between Emotet, Ursnif, Dridex and BitPaymer malware families
Trend Micro researchers have found a connection between four malware families, suggesting that the families are working together to develop more advanced attack vectors. It concerns Ursnif, Emotet, Dridex and BitPaymer.
An analysis of the four families revealed a similar loader and decryption proced... Read more
Emotet malware includes unique infrastructure to prevent down-time
According to security company Trend Micro, Emotet's malware corridor deliberately designed the backbone infrastructure of its server in two separate clusters.
Researchers analyzed 571 samples of the group's malware. It allowed them to extract the IP addresses of 721 Emotet command-and-control (C&... Read more