Ad Fraud Trojan Kovter Patches Flash Player, IE to Keep Other Malware Out

[Jasper The Rasper]

From Security Week http://www.securityweek.com/ad-fraud-trojan-kovter-patches-flash-player-ie-keep-other-malware-out

The ad fraud Trojan known as Kovter has been updating Adobe Flash Player and Microsoft Internet Explorer on infected systems, most likely in an effort to keep other malware out.

The French security researcher known as Kafeine discovered this new Kovter trick when he noticed that some of his virtual machines were attempting to download the latest version of Flash Player.

That is cunning.