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Emotet Emails Strike Thousands of DNC Volunteers

🗓️ 01 Oct 2020 21:05:48Reported by Lindsey O'DonnellType 
threatpost
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Emotet DNC spear-phishing targets potential volunteers with politically themed lure emails and infects victims with malware using Word Document attachments containing macros

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threatpostwww.threatpost.com/coronavirus-themed-cyberattacks-drop-microsoft/156635/
threatpostwww.threatpost.com/greta-thunberg-emotet-person-of-the-year/151351/
nytimeswww.nytimes.com/article/presidential-debate-calendar.html
proofpointwww.proofpoint.com/us/blog/threat-insight/emotet-makes-timely-adoption-political-and-elections-lures
threatpostwww.threatpost.com/newsletter-sign/
democratswww.democrats.org/team-blue/
threatpostwww.threatpost.com/qbot-trojan-us-banking-customers/156624/'
threatpostwww.threatpost.com/trickbot-attack-covid-19docusign-themed-malw/155391/
mediawww.media.threatpost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/103/2020/10/01164054/Team_Blue_Take_Action_-_Temporary_Items.png
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01 Oct 2020 21:05Current
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