Friday, September 2, 2016

BitTorrent client Transmission found distributing Mac malware once again

It has happened again, Mac users who were looking for the BitTorrent client Transmission might have been infected by the OSX/Keydnap malware.

Security experts from ESET have spotted the popular BitTorrent client called Transmission distributing Mac malware called OSX/Keydnap that is used to steal the content of OS X’s keychain and maintain a permanent backdoor on victims’PC. This is the second time that the BitTorrent client Transmission has been used to deliver a malicious code. In March the researchers from Palo Alto Networks Unit 42 discovered a malicious campaign reported by Apple customers who were looking for the latest version of Transmission that were infected…
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BitTorrent client Transmission found distributing Mac malware once again




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