Proofpoint Q3 2019 Threat Report — Emotet’s return, RATs reign supreme, and more

guest · Nov 7, 2019

You've got malware: Malicious actors are waiting in your inbox
Dangerous URL messages, the resurgence of Emotet, and banking trojans flood the cyberthreat landscape, Proofpoint found
November 7, 2019
https://www.techrepublic.com/article/youve-got-malware-malicious-actors-are-waiting-in-your-inbox/

Proofpoint released a report on Thursday outlining the latest cyberthreats targeting organizations.

Every day, Proofpoint analyzes 5 billion email messages, hundreds of millions of social media posts, and more than 250 million malware samples—all of which contributed to the Q3 2019 Threat Report. The most prominent threat was malicious URL messages, which accounted for 88% of the global combined malicious URL and attachment message volume, the report found.

The actors contributing distributing the highest number of banking Trojans included Trickbot (37%), IcedID (26%), and Ursnif (20%). As for RATs, FlawedAmmyy (45%), FlawedGrace (30%), and NanoCore RAT (12%) has the highest relative message volumes, the report found.
Overall, attackers in Q3 focused on the distribution of versatile malware, designed to live undetected on compromised computers and collect personal information,
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Key Takeaways: Emotet returns while RATs and bankers fill in the gaps

Global combined malicious URL and attachment message volume decreased by nearly 40% compared to Q2, largely as a result of Emotet’s absence for the first 10 weeks of the quarter.

Despite this decrease, overall volumes of banking Trojans and RATs increased by 18% and 55%, respectively vs. Q2 volumes

Ransomware remained virtually absent as a primary payload in malicious emails, with the exception of smaller campaigns generally distributing Troldesh and Sodinokibi.

Emotet returned mid-September, with sufficient volume to make it almost 12% of all malicious mail in Q3.

Sextortion remained widespread in Q3, with the appearance of malware that could potentially provide actual evidence of adult activity for threat actors instead of strictly relying on social engineering and related scams. [...]

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