
What was originally designed to be a banking Trojan has now become a versatile malicious code used to deploy a massive botnet, and is considered one of the most dangerous active malware families today.
In an alert published by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security last year, Emotet was described as “among the most costly and destructive malware affecting state, local, tribal, and territorial (SLTT)." Emotet was extremely active in the first half of 2019, until a recent two-month period when the malware family went under the radar (rumor has it that the sudden disappearance was to allow for maintenance and upgrades). Last week, the malware re-emerged with renewed activity spotted by Cofense researchers.
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