The banking trojan Emotet has returned after a five-month hiatus. Researchers say a mysterious vigilante is fighting the threat actors behind the malware s comeback by replacing malicious payloads with whimsical GIFs and memes. Sherrod DeGrippo, senior director of threat research and detection for Proofpoint, gives a virtual interview to Threatpost. He talks about threats related to critical infrastructure, election infrastructure and people -related phishing threats that you can expect to be discussed at Black Hat USA 2020.
Source: https://threatpost.com/a-cyber-vigilante-is-sabotaging-emotets-return/158023/