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Unknown attackers have hacked the website of the Transmission BitTorrent client, for the second time this year, and yet again, replaced the legitimate application with one that came laced with malware. This time around, the BitTorrent client, which is very popular on Mac, but also comes with versions for Linux, distributed a DMG file that included the Keydnap trojan. Website compromised over the weekend ESET researchers, who discovered the tainted Transmission client, say the malware's compilation date was Sunday, August 28. The ESET team discovered the trojan on Monday, August 29. The team informed the Transmission developers, who removed the malicious DMG files from their downloads section within minutes. Users that downloaded and installed the Transmission Mac client v2.92 between August 28 and August 29, should verify their system f... ...