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EMOTET Trojan Variant Evades Malware Analysis

By Ionut Arghire on November 17, 2017
 

A recently observed variant of the EMOTET banking Trojan features new routines that allow it to evade sandbox and malware analysis, Trend Micro security researchers say.

 

Also known as Geodo, EMOTET is a piece of malware related to the Dridex and Feodo (Cridex, Bugat) families. Mainly used to steal banking credentials and other sensitive information, EMOTET can also be used as a Trojan downloader, and recent attacks have dropped various malicious payloads.

 

In a report published in early November, Microsoft revealed that EMOTET has been increasingly targeting business users.

 

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