Emotet operators are looking to pray on people’s fears to spread malware through malicious emails. In this case, they are using the real health crisis of the coronavirus outbreak in China.
Using people’s fears to spread malware is not new, and it’s good practice always to be wary of emails that link directly to important current events. And since the Wuhan coronavirus (2019-nCoV) is dominating the 24-hour news cycle, it’s not surprising that cybercriminals are looking to piggyback on it to spread malware.
