Emotet returns, spreading via spam emails and stolen credentials
Emotet was originally developed as a banking Trojan, but was re-written to work as a malware loader

Emotet botnet was originally developed as a banking Trojan
Emotet, the notorious botnet that lay dormant for the past four months, has been awoken, this time taking advantage of stolen email passwords in a new campaign. According to researchers at Cisco Talos,...
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