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Transmission Bittorrent Client Download Was Compromised for 2 Days

posted by cmn32480 on Sunday September 04 2016, @05:04PM   Printer-friendly
from the macs-never-get-viruses dept.

Arthur T Knackerbracket has found the following story:

A. It appears that on or about August 28, 2016, unauthorized access was gained to our [TransmissionBT's] website server. The official Mac version of Transmission 2.92 was replaced with an unauthorized version that contained the OSX/Keydnap malware. The infected file was available for download somewhere between a few hours and less than a day. Additional information about the malware is available here and here.

A. The infected file was removed from the server immediately upon discovering its existence, which was less than 24 hours after the file was posted to the website. To help prevent future incidents, we have migrated the website and all binary files from our current servers to GitHub. Other services, which are currently unavailable, will be migrated to new servers in the coming days. As an added precaution, we will be hosting the binaries and the website (including checksums) in two separate repositories.

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  • (Score: -1, Flamebait) by Ethanol-fueled on Sunday September 04 2016, @05:05PM

    by Ethanol-fueled (2792) on Sunday September 04 2016, @05:05PM (#397438) Homepage

    > Didn't read.

    -1, Troll

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  • (Score: 2) by RamiK on Sunday September 04 2016, @06:07PM

    by RamiK (1813) on Sunday September 04 2016, @06:07PM (#397450)

    The daemon is pretty good. Been running it headless along with transgui for years. Pretty essential when you crush X or make changes that require a logout.

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  • (Score: 3, Informative) by takyon on Sunday September 04 2016, @07:33PM

    by takyon (881) <takyonNO@SPAMsoylentnews.org> on Sunday September 04 2016, @07:33PM (#397471) Journal

    >tfw you predict -1 Troll and get -1 F'bait.

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