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A vigilante is sabotaging the Emotet botnet by replacing malware payloads with GIFs - dhruv2193 - 25 July 20
Quote:An unknown vigilante hacker has been sabotaging the operations of the recently-revived Emotet botnet by replacing Emotet payloads with animated GIFs, effectively preventing victims from getting infected.Source(full read)- https://www.zdnet.com/article/a-vigilante-is-sabotaging-the-emotet-botnet-by-replacing-malware-payloads-with-gifs/
The sabotage, which started three days ago, on July 21, has grown from a simple joke to a serious issue impacting a large portion of the Emotet operation.