Emotet’s resurgence in April seems to be the signal of a full comeback for what was once dubbed “the most dangerous malware in the world,” with researchers spotting various new malicious phishing campaigns using hijacked emails to spread new variants of the malware.
The “new and improved” version of Emotet is exhibiting a “troubling” behavior of effectively collecting and using stolen credentials, “which are then being weaponized to further distribute the Emotet binaries,” Charles Everette from Deep Instinct revealed in a blog post this week.
