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2020-10-11 13:18
To trick users into clicking these buttons, the malware distributors create Word and Excel documents that contain text and images stating that there is an issue displaying the document.
The combination of text and images in these malicious attachments are called 'document templates.
The template below states that the document was created in an earlier version of Microsoft Office Word, and displays a hard-to-read document below it.
Emotet is the most widely distributed malware through spam emails containing malicious Word or Excel documents.
Unlike Dridex, Emotet does not use images of actual documents in their document templates.