Emotet had a 730% increase in activity in September after being in a near dormant state, Nuspire discovered. Emotet, a modular banking Trojan, has added additional features to steal contents of victim’s inboxes and steal credentials for sending outbound emails. Those credentials are sent to the other bots in its botnet which are used to then transmit Emotet attack messages. When Emotet returned in September, it appeared with TrickBot and Ryuk ransomware to cause the … More ? The post Researchers discover massive increase in Emotet activity appeared first on Help Net Security .

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Researchers discover massive increase in Emotet activity