Emotet malware using fake Windows Update templates

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The templates trick users into enabling malicious macros in Office documents

Notorious banking Trojan Emotet has been using fake Windows Update templates as part of a campaign to deliver malware payloads onto victim systems. That's according to researchers at Cryptolaemu...

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