Join Scott Young and Shaun Sturby from Optrics Engineering as they provide an update on the Emotet Botnet, discuss school laptops in the UK that came pre-loaded with malware, the new “Faces of the Riot” website and security researchers who have been targeted by hackers.

Timecodes:

0:00 – Intro

0:14 – Today’s 4 topics

0:39 – Topic 1: Emotet Botnet Update

3:40 – Topic 2: School laptops in the UK that came pre-loaded with malware

6:30 – Topic 3: “Faces of the Riot” website

9:54 – Topic 4:  Security Researchers targeted by hackers

14:16 – Closing remarks

Learn more about the Emotet Botnet here:

• International Action Targets Emotet Crimeware
• Command ‘n’ control botnet of notorious Emotet Windows ransomware shut down in multinational police raid
• Authorities plan to mass-uninstall Emotet from infected hosts on April 25, 2021

Link to our previous video on the Emotet Botnet:

• Optrics Insider – Intel Data Leak, Meow Attack, Emotet Trojan & Zoom Bug

How “Hurry, hurry, there’s a pandemic on” resulted in Laptops with pre-loaded malware being sent to schools:

• Laptops given to British schools came preloaded with remote-access worm

Learn more about the new “Faces of the Riot” website here:

• This site posted every face from Parler’s Capitol Hill insurrection videos
• New Site Extracts and Posts Every Face from Parler’s Capitol Hill Insurrection Videos 

Learn more about the new campaign targeting security researchers:

• New campaign targeting security researchers