EMOTET, aka Geodo, is a banking trojan linked to Dridex and Feodo (Cridex, Bugat) malware families. Researchers from Forcepoint observed a new Emotet Thanksgiving-themed campaign that appears quite different from previous ones. The new campaign leverages an improved variant of the malware that implements new features and modules, experts pointed out that this is the first campaign that doesnt use financial themes. The attachment is an XML file masquerading as a.doc with embedded macros leading to a standard. downloader normally observed with EMOTet, which is also used by crooks to drop other payloads.”]
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