Emotet: Malware Trojan and A Trickbot

The Trickbot banking Trojan and the Ryuk Ransomware are two of the more common follow-ons. Emotet first detected the use of malware to steal bank accounts in 2014, but in a year or two it has reinvented itself as a massive downloader and dropper that installs other malware after infecting a PC.

Last month, Emotet successfully penetrated the Quebec Department of Justice and increased its presence in the United States and other parts of the United States. As companies in these areas have become increasingly aggressive in their exposure to EmOTet malware, it has…