June 2, Securityweek – (International) Exploit for recently patched Flash flaw added to Magnitude, Neutrino, Nuclear Pack. Security researchers from Kafeine discovered that the Magnitude, Neutrino, and Nuclear Pack exploit kits (EKs) are leveraging a recently published Adobe Flash Player memory corruption vulnerability to deliver variants of the Andromeda malware and CryptoWall ransomware. Source
June 2, Softpedia – (International) Dyre banking trojan aims at Europe and North America, infections double up. Security researchers at Trend Micro reported that the number of infections caused by the Dyre banking trojan increased by 125 percent in the first quarter of 2015, up from a previous increase of 4,000 in the previous quarter, and that cybercriminals increasingly targeted Europe and North America over the last 3 months. Researchers also reported that the Upatre downloader used to inject Dyre had gained capabilities that allow it to bypass detection from firewalls and other network-related products. Source