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Nastiest malware of 2018: Top attack payloads wreaking havoc


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30th October 2018, By Help Net Security
 
Webroot highlights the top cyberattacks of 2018 in its latest nastiest malware list, which showcases the malware and attack payloads that have been most detrimental to organisations and consumers alike.
 


 

Three nastiest: Botnets and banking trojans

 
Emotet is this year’s nastiest botnet that delivers banking Trojans. It aspires to increase the number of zombies in its spam botnet, with a concentration on credential gathering. Threat actors have recently developed a universal plug and play (UPnP) module that allows Emotet to turn victims’ routers into potential proxy nodes for their command-and-control infrastructure.
 
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