Greta Thunberg malware is not the present you want this Christmas

A global malicious email campaign has been discovered using Swedish teenage environmentalist Greta Thunberg as a hook to lure in unsuspecting victims.

Security researchers at Proofpoint have uncovered a widespread campaign using Miss Thunberg's name to trick users into downloading the notorious Emotet malware botnet.

Proofpoint noted that the criminals mainly appear to be targeting environmentally-conscious students, especially those with .edu email addresses. The emails, which in English sport some form of subject line concerning "Support Greta Thunberg", invite the recipient to a large-scale protest against governments said to be acting poorly against the threat of climate change.