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  Check Point Research reports that while Emotet is still the number one top malware, Snake Keylogger returns to the index in   eighth place following email campaigns delivering the malware via PDF files   Check Point Research (CPR), the Threat Intelligence arm of   Check Point® Software Technologies Ltd.  (NASDAQ: CHKP), a leading provider of cyber security solutions globally, has published its latest Global Threat Index for May 2022. Researchers report that Emotet, an advanced, self-propagating and modular Trojan, is still the most prevalent as a result of multiple widespread campaigns. This month, Snake Keylogger has jumped into eighth place after a long absence from the index. Snake’s main functionality is to record users keystrokes and transmit collected data to threat actors.   Snake Keylogger is usually spread through emails that include docx or xlsx attachments with malicious macros, however this month researchers reported that SnakeKey Logger has b...

  Check Point Research reveals that the InfoStealer, Lokibot, is back in the most prevalent malwares list while Emotet has taken first place away from Trickbot. Apache Log4j is still wreaking havoc as the number one most exploited vulnerability.   Check Point Research, the Threat Intelligence arm of   Check Point® Software Technologies Ltd.  (NASDAQ: CHKP),  a leading provider of cyber security solutions globally ,   has published  its latest Global Threat Index for January 2022.  Researchers report that Emotet has now pushed Trickbot out of first place after a long stay at the top, and is this month’s most prevalent malware, affecting 6% of organizations worldwide. Log4j is also still proving to be a problem, impacting 47.4% of organizations globally and the most attacked industry continues to be Education/Research.   After only two and a half months since its return, Emotet has surged into the top spot. The notorious botnet is most commonly...