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	"title": "Emotet Attack Causes Shutdown of Frankfurt’s IT Network",
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	"plain_text": "Emotet Attack Causes Shutdown of Frankfurt’s IT Network\r\nArchived: 2026-04-05 14:46:10 UTC\r\nThe city of Frankfurt, Germany, became the latest victim of\r\nEmotet after an infection forced it to close its IT network. But the financial center wasn’t the only area that was\r\ntargeted by Emotet, as there were also incidents that occurred in Gießen and Bad Homburg, a town and a city\r\nnorth of Frankfurt, respectively, as well as in Freiburg, a city in southwest Germany.\r\nThe infection started after an employee of the Fechenheim (a district in Frankfurt) civil registry clicked on an\r\nEmotet-laden attachment from a malicious spam email, apparently sent by a city authority. Alarms were raised by\r\nthe security system, prompting officials to restrict city services and take the IT system off the network as a\r\nprecautionary measure.   \r\nGermany has been a frequent target over the past few weeks by threat actors employing Emotet (and in general\r\nhas been a target for malicious activity in 2019 according to data from the Trend Micro™ Smart Protection\r\nNetwork™ infrastructure). In fact, the German Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) issued a press\r\nrelease warning the public about malicious spam emails that carry Emotet.\r\nFirst detected in 2014, Emotet has become one of the most notorious malware families of the past few years. Its\r\noriginal iteration was as an information-stealing banking malware — however, it has since undergone multiple\r\nevolutions, including acting as a loader for other malware families. It went into hiatus earlier in the year but came\r\nback afternews- cybercrime-and-digital-threats a few months with a vengeance. This recent spate of attacks on\r\nGermany is likely a continuation of Emotet’s comeback campaigns.\r\nRecommendations and solutions\r\nDespite all the changes Emotet has undergone, spam mail remains the malware’s most prominent distribution\r\nmethod. The most effective strategy organizations can implement is to educate their employees regarding email\r\nthreatsnews- cybercrime-and-digital-threats and to encourage them to follow the recommended security best\r\npractices when accessing their emails. This includes always double-checking an email for any red flags, as well as\r\nrefraining from clicking any links or downloading any attachments haphazardly.\r\nCombating threats like Emotet calls for a multilayered and proactive approach to security that involves protecting\r\nall fronts — gateway, endpoints, networks, and servers. Trend Micro endpoint solutions such as Trend Micro\r\nhttps://www.trendmicro.com/vinfo/us/security/news/cybercrime-and-digital-threats/emotet-attack-causes-shutdown-of-frankfurt-s-it-network\r\nPage 1 of 2\n\nSmart Protection Suites and Worry-Free™ Business Security can protect users and businesses from these threats\r\nby detecting malicious files and spammed messages, as well as blocking all related malicious URLs.\r\nTo bolster their security capabilities and further protect their end users, organizations can consider security\r\nproducts such as the Trend Micro Cloud App Security™products solution, which uses machine learning (ML) to\r\nhelp detect and block spam and phishing attempts. If a malicious email is received by an employee, it will go\r\nthrough sender, content, and URL reputation analysis, which is followed by an inspection of the remaining URLs\r\nusing computer vision and AI to check if website components are being spoofed. The solution can also detect\r\nsuspicious content in the message body and attachments and provide sandbox malware analysis and document\r\nexploit detection.\r\nHIDE\r\nLike it? Add this infographic to your site:\r\n1. Click on the box below.   2. Press Ctrl+A to select all.   3. Press Ctrl+C to copy.   4. Paste the code into your\r\npage (Ctrl+V).\r\nImage will appear the same size as you see above.\r\nSource: https://www.trendmicro.com/vinfo/us/security/news/cybercrime-and-digital-threats/emotet-attack-causes-shutdown-of-frankfurt-s-it-ne\r\ntwork\r\nhttps://www.trendmicro.com/vinfo/us/security/news/cybercrime-and-digital-threats/emotet-attack-causes-shutdown-of-frankfurt-s-it-network\r\nPage 2 of 2",
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