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FileZilla warns of large malware campaign |
January 29, 2014
Spoofed versions of the popular file transfer program FileZilla that steal data are circulating on third-party websites, the organization behind the software said Tuesday.FileZilla is an open source application, and hackers have taken its source code and modified it in order to try to steal data for more than a decade. But this campaign, run on third-party websites, is one of the largest FileZilla has seen to date, it said.“We do not condone these actions and are taking measures to get the known offenders removed,” FileZilla said.The organization said it is difficult to prevent tainted versions of its software “since the FileZilla Project promotes beneficial redistribution and modifications of FileZilla in the spirit of free open source software and the GNU General Public License.”To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here
Link: http://www.pcworld.com/article/2092480/filezilla-warns-of-large-malware-campaign.html#tk.rss_all
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