Latin America the 'capital' of Emotet Trojan activity

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Recorded Future tracked the locations of command and control servers of the most virulent Trojans over a 39-day period

Latin America is the surprising ‘capital' of remote access Trojan (RAT) activity, according to researchers at Recorded Future's Insikt Group, with the Emotet Trojan particularly widely used by cybe...

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