Security News > 2020 > October > Watch out for Emotet malware's new 'Windows Update' attachment
2020-10-18 17:02
The Emotet botnet has begun to use a new malicious attachment that pretends to be a message from Windows Update telling you to upgrade Microsoft Word.
Emotet is a malware infection that spreads through spam emails containing malicious Word or Excel documents.
After a short vacation, the Emotet malware returned to operation on October 14th and began blasting out malicious spam worldwide.
With its return to activity, Emotet switched to a new template that pretends to be a message from Windows Update stating that Microsoft Word needs to be updated before the document can be viewed.
These malicious macros will download and install the Emotet malware on a victim's computer, as shown below.