Transmission BitTorrent Client OSX/Keydnap Malware Incident Q+A
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Transmission BitTorrent Client OSX/Keydnap Malware Incident Q+A
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Re: Transmission BitTorrent Client OSX/Keydnap Malware Incident Q+A
#2That's not the first time this has happened... http://gizmodo.com/yes-ransomware-can-affect-macs-too-176323...
Re: Transmission BitTorrent Client OSX/Keydnap Malware Incident Q+A
#3I would have thought that Mac users would be a good target in general because they might have better income than Windows users...
Re: Transmission BitTorrent Client OSX/Keydnap Malware Incident Q+A
#4Again? :(
Re: Transmission BitTorrent Client OSX/Keydnap Malware Incident Q+A
#5Second time that this has happened to Transmission this year. Last time a ransomware got included. If you're a Transmission user then be very cautious when installing new versions.
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#6Are there any good alternatives to Transmission on OS X?
Re: Transmission BitTorrent Client OSX/Keydnap Malware Incident Q+A
#7Are there any good alternatives to Transmission on OS X?
uTorrent
Re: Transmission BitTorrent Client OSX/Keydnap Malware Incident Q+A
#8Are there any good alternatives to Transmission on OS X?
Deluge is pretty good, that's what I tend to go for.
Re: Transmission BitTorrent Client OSX/Keydnap Malware Incident Q+A
#9Re: Transmission BitTorrent Client OSX/Keydnap Malware Incident Q+A
#10I'm not a Transmission user, but this makes me wonder, as a sort of Ask HN question: How long do you wait before updating software?
If you always update as soon as possible, then you risk getting hit by a compromise like this one, or you could suffer other unintentional bad effects of a botched update.
But the longer you delay updating, the more you raise your risk of becoming a victim of a new vulnerability that's just been patched and is now in the wild.