Security News > 2023 > September > Ukrainian Hacker Suspected to be Behind "Free Download Manager" Malware Attack
2023-09-21 08:48
The maintainers of Free Download Manager (FDM) have acknowledged a security incident dating back to 2020 that led to its website being used to distribute malicious Linux software. "It appears that a specific web page on our site was compromised by a Ukrainian hacker group, exploiting it to distribute malicious software," it said in an alert last week. "Only a small subset of users, specifically
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