17 August 2020
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A bug in Emotet malware was exploited by researchers to contain its spread for six months
But Emotet's operators have now patched the flaw
Researchers at information security firm Binary Defense say they identified a flaw in Emotet malware and used it to create a killswitch, which held back the spread of the malware for nearly six months....
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