Security News Stealthy Fake Adobe Flash Updates Tout Malicious Crypto Miners

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https://threatpost.com/stealthy-fake-adobe-flash-updates-tout-malicious-crypto-miners/138199/

A fake Adobe update actually updates victims’ Flash – but also installs malicious cryptomining malware.

“A recent type of fake Flash update has implemented additional deception,” said Brad Duncan Threat Intelligence Analyst with Palo Alto Networks’ Unit 42 group, in a post about the new campaign Thursday. “As early as August 2018, some samples impersonating Flash updates have borrowed pop-up notifications from the official Adobe installer. These fake Flash updates install unwanted programs like an XMRig cryptocurrency miner, but this malware can also update a victim’s Flash Player to the latest version.”

 

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