Emotet malware back again

Emotet botnet is one of the largest sources of malspam — a term used to describe emails that deliver malware-laced file attachments.

Emotet been "silent" for a while but it's back again. File attachments sent in recent Emotet campaigns show a message claiming to be from the Windows Update service, telling users that the Office app needs to be updated. Naturally, this must be done by clicking the Enable Editing button...

These booby-trapped documents are being sent from emails with spoofed identities, appearing to come from acquaintances and business partners.

Emotet often uses a technique called conversation hijacking, through which it steals email threads from infected hosts, inserts itself in the thread with a reply spoofing one of the participants, and adding a booby-trapped Office documents as attachments.

Read more here, and see some of the fake messages it's using to lure peeps into clicking a malware link.

Be careful what you click...!