Security News > 2021 > November > Notorious Emotet Botnet Makes a Comeback with the Help of TrickBot Malware
The notorious Emotet malware is staging a comeback of sorts nearly 10 months after a coordinated law enforcement operation dismantled its command-and-control infrastructure in late January 2021.
According to a new report from security researcher Luca Ebach, the infamous TrickBot malware is being used as an entry point to distribute what appears to be a new version of Emotet on systems previously infected by the former.
Europol dubbed Emotet as the "World's most dangerous malware" for its ability to act as a "Door opener" for threat actors to obtain unauthorized access, becoming a precursor to many critical data theft and ransomware attacks.
As of writing, malware tracking research project Abuse.
Ch's Feodo Tracker shows nine Emotet command-and-control servers that are currently online.
Samples of the new Emotet loader can be accessed here.
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