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	"title": "Emotet malware wants to invite you to a Halloween party",
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	"plain_text": "Emotet malware wants to invite you to a Halloween party\r\nBy Lawrence Abrams\r\nPublished: 2020-10-31 · Archived: 2026-04-05 14:33:57 UTC\r\nTo take advantage of the trick-or-treating festivities, the Emotet malware gang is sending out spam emails that invite you to\r\na Halloween party.\r\nEmotet is a malware infection that spreads through emails containing Word documents containing malicious macros. Once\r\nthese documents are opened, they will try to trick the user into enabling macros that download the Emotet malware onto the\r\ncomputer.\r\nOnce the malware is installed, Emotet will use the computer to send spam emails and ultimately install other malware that\r\ncould lead to a ransomware attack on the victim's network.\r\nhttps://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/emotet-malware-wants-to-invite-you-to-a-halloween-party/\r\nPage 1 of 5\n\n0:00\r\nhttps://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/emotet-malware-wants-to-invite-you-to-a-halloween-party/\r\nPage 2 of 5\n\nVisit Advertiser websiteGO TO PAGE\r\nEmotet is playing a Halloween trick\r\nThe Emotet malware gang has created an email that pretends to invite you to a Halloween party to trick you into opening the\r\nmalicious attachment.\r\nHalloween party Emotet email\r\nWhile the email subjects and text of the Halloween-themed emails vary, the general idea is that you are being invited to a\r\nHalloween party, with all the details in the attached malicious document.\r\nAn example of the text found in one of these emails is:\r\nDear,\r\nIf you are coming it would be good!\r\nDetails in the attachment.\r\nAccording to FireEye's Alex Lanstein, the different names used for the malicious Word attachments in the 2020 Halloween\r\nEmotet campaign include:\r\nInviting friends to your Halloween Extravaganza.doc\r\nHalloween.doc\r\nHalloween party invitation.doc\r\nHalloween Pot Luck 10.31.doc\r\nHalloween party.doc\r\nIf a user opens the attachment, they will be greeted with the standard \"Enable Editing\" and \"Enable Content\" button, that\r\nwhen clicked, will install the Emotet Trojan on the computer.  So, make sure not to click it!\r\nhttps://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/emotet-malware-wants-to-invite-you-to-a-halloween-party/\r\nPage 3 of 5\n\nMalicious document\r\nLike last year, Emotet did not bother updating their template to use a Halloween orange and black color theme or make it\r\nfestive by including an image of a pumpkin.\r\nInstead, Emotet is sticking with their document template that asks users to upgrade their installed Microsoft Word version.\r\nIf you receive an email with an invite to a Halloween party and it tells you to open an attachment, do not open it. Instead, eat\r\nsome candy as a treat for not falling for their trick.\r\nAutomated Pentesting Covers Only 1 of 6 Surfaces.\r\nhttps://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/emotet-malware-wants-to-invite-you-to-a-halloween-party/\r\nPage 4 of 5\n\nAutomated pentesting proves the path exists. BAS proves whether your controls stop it. Most teams run one without the\r\nother.\r\nThis whitepaper maps six validation surfaces, shows where coverage ends, and provides practitioners with three diagnostic\r\nquestions for any tool evaluation.\r\nSource: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/emotet-malware-wants-to-invite-you-to-a-halloween-party/\r\nhttps://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/emotet-malware-wants-to-invite-you-to-a-halloween-party/\r\nPage 5 of 5",
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	"language": "EN",
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