A dramatic uptick in Emotet phishing attacks since July has led the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) to issue a warning that state and local governments need to fortify their systems against the trojan. Since July, CISA s executive branch security protection tool, the EINSTEIN Intrusion Detection System, has found more than 16,000 instances of Emotett activity. Check Point says the Emoet trojan tops its index of the most potent threats in circulation for the third consecutive month.
Source: https://threatpost.com/feds-alarm-emotet-attacks-state-local/159954/