From en.secnews.gr
The infamous Emotet trojan returns to the top of malware charts, having been “refreshed” and evolved to be more difficult to detect. Its global threat index Check Point for December 2020 revealed that the malware variant rose to first place, from fifth place in November.
Emotet now accounts for 7% of malware infections worldwide, after a spam campaign that targeted more than 100.000 users a day during the holiday season. Emotet is followed by Trickbot trojan and from the infostealer “Formbook”, which represent 4% of the total infections recorded during this period.