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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 […]
A download manager site served Linux users malware that stealthily stole passwords and other sensitive information for more than three years as part of a supply chain attack. The modus operandi entailed establishing a reverse shell to an actor-controlled server and installing a Bash stealer on the compromised system. The campaign, which took place between […]
When it comes to essential Windows apps, one can’t deny the importance of a good download manager. If you know, some years ago, even Microsoft made an unknown and somewhat failed attempt with their software called Microsoft Download Manager. Mostly third-party, a download manager, download accelerator, file downloader, or whatever you call it, makes the […]
Short Bytes: A developer named Matt Parnell has created a new utility called apt-fast. It is a shell script wrapper which enables multiple connections during package download in the command line. This increases the download speed of the package in comparison to the apt-get utility. The apt-get command is associated with the Advanced Package Tool […]