[NOTICE] EMOTET e-mail that deceives an e-mail address of RIKEN as the sender

May 20, 2022
Information Systems Division, R-IH

 

[NOTICE] EMOTET e-mail that deceives an e-mail address of RIKEN as the sender

 

We would like to alert you to the fact that we have observed some e-mails from this month that deceive RIKEN’s e-mail address as the sender.

The sender’s address currently observed is as follows

  bic[at]riken.jp  * Replace “[at]” with “@”.

If you are receiving any of these emails, please check carefully that they are legitimate before handle them.

 

Reference:
– What is Emotet?
  https://www.malwarebytes.com/emotet
– Emotet Malware
  https://www.cisa.gov/uscert/ncas/alerts/aa20-280a