‘EmoCrash’ Exploit Stoppered Emotet For 6 Months
A researcher developed a killswitch exploiting a buffer overflow in Emotet – preventing the malware from infecting systems for six months.
A researcher developed a killswitch exploiting a buffer overflow in Emotet – preventing the malware from infecting systems for six months.
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Emotet, a notorious email-based malware behind several botnet-driven spam campaigns and ransomware attacks, contained a flaw that allowed cybersecurity researchers to activate a kill-switch and prevent the malware from infecting systems for six months. “Most of the vulnerabilities and exploits that you read about are good news for attackers and bad news for the rest…
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