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Free Download Manager site redirected Linux users to malware for years (www.bleepingcomputer.com)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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A reported Free Download Manager supply chain attack redirected Linux users to a malicious Debian package repository that installed information-stealing malware.

The malware used in this campaign establishes a reverse shell to a C2 server and installs a Bash stealer that collects user data and account credentials.

Kaspersky discovered the potential supply chain compromise case while investigating suspicious domains, finding that the campaign has been underway for over three years.

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago

Gotta admit, it was me. I've only used a computer for short time.
I've got my first laptop 3 years ago, and that broke after just 2 months. And anyway, with AMD Athlon 64 it greatly struggled with a browser. So really I only started seriously using computer at the start of 2021, when I got another, usable laptop. And that's when I downloaded freedownloadmanager.deb. Thankfully, I didn't get that redirect, so it was a legitimate file.