Emotet
Essential information
- Confidence
- 100/100
- Is family
- Yes
- Published
- 25/03/2019 19:35
- Modified
- 27/03/2026 01:03
- Revoked
- No
- Author / Source
- The MITRE Corporation
- Related entities
- 79 attack patterns (mitre), 1 intrusion sets (apt), 6 sectors, 13 countries, 99 indicators, 2 vulnerabilities (cve)
Aliases
Geodo
Description
[Emotet](https://attack.mitre.org/software/S0367) is a modular malware variant which is primarily used as a downloader for other malware variants such as [TrickBot](https://attack.mitre.org/software/S0266) and [IcedID](https://attack.mitre.org/software/S0483). Emotet first emerged in June 2014, initially targeting the financial sector, and has expanded to multiple verticals over time.(Citation: Trend Micro Banking Malware Jan 2019)
Marking (TLP)
TLP:CLEAR Copyright 2015-2025, The MITRE Corporation. MITRE ATT&CK and ATT&CK are registered trademarks of The MITRE Corporation.
External references
- mitre-attack (S0367)
- Red Canary Emotet Feb 2019
- Symantec Emotet Jul 2018
- Trend Micro Emotet Jan 2019
- Kaspersky Emotet Jan 2019
- Picus Emotet Dec 2018
- CIS Emotet Apr 2017
- Secureworks Emotet Nov 2018
- US-CERT Emotet Jul 2018
- Malwarebytes Emotet Dec 2017
- Trend Micro Banking Malware Jan 2019
- ESET Emotet Nov 2018
- CIS Emotet Dec 2018
- Talos Emotet Jan 2019