Inside Matrix and Emotet: How They Work, and How to Defend

Published: Jan. 30, 2019, 5 a.m.

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Sophos is out with new reports on Matrix and Emotet, two different types of cyberattacks that are hitting enterprise defenses. Matrix is a targeted ransomware, an emerging type of attack Sophos expects to gain prominence, and Emotet is malware that has evolved over the years into an opportunistic, polymorphic threat that can wreak havoc in many different ways. How do these threats work, and how should you bolster your defenses? Sophos researcher John Shier offers his expertise.

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