---
title: "Update you Flash Player if you don't want ransomware"
url: "https://thecybersecurityplace.com/update-you-flash-player-if-you-don-apos-t-want-ransomware/"
date: "2015-06-29T05:22:20+00:00"
section: "Software"
tags:
  - "Malware"
  - "Ransomware"
  - "Software Security"
  - "Zero Day"
source: "net-security.org"
source_url: "http://www.net-security.org/malware_news.php?id=3066&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+HelpNetSecurity+%28Help+Net+Security%29"
---

# Update you Flash Player if you don't want ransomware

June 29, 2015 · Reported by net-security.org

> It didn’t take long for exploit kit authors to incorporate an exploit for the recently discovered zero-day Adobe Flash vulnerability (CVE-2015-3113) into their malicious wares. According to malware researcher Kafeine, the Magnitude exploit kit has been successfully exploiting Flash 18.0.0.160 on IE11 in Windows 7 since Saturday, only four days after the flaw was patched by Adobe with an out-of-band update. Magnitude EK is currently dropping Cryptowall ransomware onto unsuspecting users.

[Read the full article at net-security.org](http://www.net-security.org/malware_news.php?id=3066&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+HelpNetSecurity+%28Help+Net+Security%29)

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