January 2020’s Most Wanted Malware: Coronavirus-themed Spam Spreads Emotet Malware

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January 2020’s Most Wanted Malware: Coronavirus-themed Spam Spreads Emotet Malware
Check Point’s researchers also report an increase in exploits the ‘MVPower DVR Remote Code Execution’ vulnerability, impacting 45% of organizations globally
February 13, 2020
https://www.checkpoint.com/press/20...ronavirus-themed-spam-spreads-emotet-malware/

Check Point Research, the Threat Intelligence arm of Check Point® Software Technologies Ltd. (NASDAQ: CHKP), a leading provider of cyber security solutions globally, has published its latest Global Threat Index for January 2020. The research team reported that Emotet was the leading malware threat for the fourth month running, and was being spread during the month using a Coronavirus-themed spam campaign.

January also saw an increase in attempts to exploit the ‘MVPower DVR Remote Code Execution’ vulnerability, impacting 45% of organizations globally. This rose from being the third most exploited vulnerability in December to the top position this month. If successfully exploited, a remote attacker can exploit this weakness to execute arbitrary code on the targeted machine.

“As with last month, the ‘most wanted’ malicious threats impacting organizations continue to be versatile malware such as Emotet, XMRig and Trickbot, which collectively hit over 30% of organizations worldwide,” said Maya Horowitz, Director, Threat Intelligence & Research, Products at Check Point.
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The complete list of the top 10 malware families in December can be found on the Check Point Blog.
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