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FossHub, The Hack →

August 08, 2016 by Marc Handelman in All is Information, Information Security, Attacks

Meanwhile, in OpenSource Software nonsense-hacks-perpetrated-by-children-with-heads-full-of-mush, comes word of a FOSSHub hack by a group monikered Cult of Peggle, according to Ionut Arghire, writing at InfosecIsland.

Apparently, both Audacity and ClassicShell (distributed via FossHub, and due to the attack) now exhibit the behavior of malware-laden install files... In this case, a ridiculous attack, targeting the highly-regarded sound editing and shell throwback products facilitating an MBR overwrite...

August 08, 2016 /Marc Handelman
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