

In both cases, a malicious block of code is added to the main function of the Transmission application. Keydnap used the same technique to spread as a similar malware, known as KeRanger, discovered in March 2016. Don’t hesitate to let me know if you’d like an interview on this topic with Nick FitzGerald, Senior Research Fellow at ESET.

Please see below or visit the ESET blog for further details about this malware.
Last month, ESET researchers wrote about OSX/Keydnap, which was a new OS X malware at the time, built to steal the content of OS X’s keychain and maintain a permanent backdoor. Worse, this Trojanized version was distributed from the official website. By Admin Mac malware distributed via BitTorrent client application, Transmission – ESET researchĮSET researchers have discovered malware, known as OSX/Keydnap, that was spread via a recompiled version of the otherwise legitimate open source BitTorrent client application, Transmission.
