Emotet, aka Feodo, aka Chanitor and Tordal, and Trickbot, are among the most active malware campaigns in the world. Malware is being distributed in two ways: via spam and via emails with malicious Word documents with malicious links to download and execute malware. The U.S. Computer Emergency Readiness Team warned in July 2018: “Emotet continues to be one of the most costly and destructive malware affecting [state, local, tribal, and territorial] governments””]
Source: https://www.cuinfosecurity.com/emotet-malware-returns-to-work-after-holiday-break-a-11955