Security News > 2020 > February > WiFi: A New Way to Spread Emotet Malware

The developers of the Emotet Trojan have created a new way to spread it to more victims, security firm Binary Defense reports.

Attackers are using unsecured WiFi networks as a way to deliver the malware to more devices.

The researchers have found that some versions of Emotet can be spread across an unsecured WiFi network by taking advantage of weak passwords and other security flaws.

"Previously thought to only spread through malspam and infected networks, Emotet can use this loader-type to spread through nearby wireless networks if the networks use insecure passwords."

Some Emotet samples in campaigns leveraging WiFi that researchers examined in January contained a timestamp dated April 16, 2018, which suggests that the capability to spread the malware through poorly secured WiFi networks may have gone unnoticed until now, according to the report.

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