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Both firms published blogs in early 2022 regarding the resurgence of . Unit 42 : Look for their research on Emotet's evolution .

: It provides the exact infection chain, showing how the .7z file leads to a DLL execution via regsvr32.exe . 3. Trend Micro / Palo Alto Unit 42 APRIL_10-04-2022.7z

Around April 2022, security researchers tracked a significant spike in malicious emails using password-protected .7z archives. : Often delivered the Emotet Trojan. Both firms published blogs in early 2022 regarding

: They explain why the hackers used the .7z format (it has a higher compression ratio and was less scrutinized by legacy scanners). 💡 Why this file is "Interesting" APRIL_10-04-2022.7z