Emotet malware operators now using new spam template to demand $50 extortion from potential targets

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Phishing emails falsely tell recipients their machines have been hacked, telling them to open an attached document if they want to rescue their data...

Security researchers have uncovered a new Emotet campaign that uses a spam email template to tell recipients that their data has been stolen by hackers. The goal of these phishing emails is to t...

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