Title: [2016-04-08] Recent Adobe Flash Vulnerability Helped Spread Bitcoin Ransomware Post by: jdebunt on April 08, 2016, 12:28:24 PM What are your thoughts on the Flash vulnerability being partially responsible for Bitcoin ransomware distribution?
Proofpoint, a security research company, has found evidence this particular Flash exploit has been used to deploy bitcoin ransomware around the world. More specifically, both Locky and Cerber ransomware strains have found their way to computers because of this vulnerability, as it is part of the Magnitude exploit kit. http://bitcoinist.net/recent-adobe-flash-vulnerability-helped-spread-bitcoin-ransomware/ Title: Re: [2016-04-08] Recent Adobe Flash Vulnerability Helped Spread Bitcoin Ransomware Post by: spirra on April 25, 2016, 04:59:30 PM This is not the first time that hackers use Adobe Flash do distribute different malware (http://manual-removal.com/cerber/ (http://manual-removal.com/cerber/)) ;(
Title: Re: [2016-04-08] Recent Adobe Flash Vulnerability Helped Spread Bitcoin Ransomware Post by: Kprawn on April 25, 2016, 08:17:41 PM This is not the first time that hackers use Adobe Flash do distribute different malware ;( Very true, and to make things worst... many sites and services cannot be accessed without these add-on being updated. Most people upgrade to these flash players and they do not even know how vulnerable their computers are. I avoid Adobe like the plaque for this very reason and would much rather go without these services being offered with Adobe flash requirements. I sometimes wonder if Adobe is quietly working with some governments to inject backdoors with their proprietary code to spy on people. ??? Title: Re: [2016-04-08] Recent Adobe Flash Vulnerability Helped Spread Bitcoin Ransomware Post by: spirra on April 26, 2016, 06:32:36 PM This is not the first time that hackers use Adobe Flash do distribute different malware ;( Very true, and to make things worst... many sites and services cannot be accessed without these add-on being updated. Most people upgrade to these flash players and they do not even know how vulnerable their computers are. I avoid Adobe like the plaque for this very reason and would much rather go without these services being offered with Adobe flash requirements. I sometimes wonder if Adobe is quietly working with some governments to inject backdoors with their proprietary code to spy on people. ??? |