If you downloaded or use FileZilla, we recommend you: Unfortunately, although researchers only discovered the problem last week, the hacked version of FileZilla was originally created and distributed at least eighteen months ago. Unsuspecting users may have downloaded and installed the hacked version, in the process revealing their security information to these bad guys.
Specifically, the hackers changed the program in such a way that it would send any username and password you entered to a collection server located in Germany and reportedly controlled by parties in Russia.Īfter modifying the program, the hackers placed their malicious version on distribution servers around the Internet. On January 27th, security researchers at Avast Software discovered that hackers have modified FileZilla for nefarious purposes. The industry jargon is "FTP" or "File Transfer Protocol".
If you use the popular FileZilla program, please read this entry carefully.įileZilla is a program many people use to copy files from one computer to another.
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