The notorious Emotet malware has turned to deploy a new module designed to siphon credit card information stored in the Chrome web browser.
The credit card stealer, which exclusively singles out Chrome, has the ability to exfiltrate the collected information to different remote command-and-control (C2) servers, according to enterprise security company Proofpoint, which observed the component on June 6.
The development comes amid a spike in Emotet activity since it was resurrected late last year following a 10-month-long hiatus in the wake of a law enforcement operation that took down its attack infrastructure in January 2021.
