Attackers Posing as German Authorities Distribute Emotet Malware

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An active malspam campaign is distributing Emotet banking Trojan payloads via emails camouflaged to look like messages delivered by several German federal authorities warns the BSI, Germany's federal cybersecurity agency.

The attackers behind this malicious campaign have already successfully infected a number of federal administration authorities during the last few days according to reports cited by the BSI (also known as the Federal Office for Security in Information Technology — Bundesamt für Sicherheit in der Informationstechnik).

"Spam emails with malicious attachments or links are currently being sent on behalf of several federal agencies," the BSI says.
"The Federal Office for Information Security ( BSI ) calls for special caution and warns against opening these emails and links."
 

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