BitTorrent client Transmission found distributing Mac malware once again | Homeland Security Degrees

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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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