June 2019’s Most Wanted Malware: Emotet Takes a Break, but Possibly Not for Long

guest · Jul 10, 2019

June 2019’s Most Wanted Malware: Emotet Takes a Break, but Possibly Not for Long
July 10, 2019
https://blog.checkpoint.com/2019/07...d-malware-emotet-crypto-malware-mining-xmrig/

In June, the most significant change in the threat landscape was not an increase in attacks or a new type of malware, but the absence of one of the most prominent threats of the last few months – Emotet.

Emotet first came to attention of researchers in 2014 as a banking trojan, and since 2018 has been used mainly as a Botnet. In fact, it has been the largest Botnet currently in operation and listed in the top 5 malware globally during the first six months of 2019.

Our researchers have confirmed that there have been no new campaigns seen for the majority of June, and they estimate that Emotet’s infrastructure is likely to be offline for maintenance and upgrade operations. This means that as soon as its servers are up and running again, Emotet will be active once more with new, enhanced threat capabilities.
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