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HandBrake hacked to drop new variant of Proton malware

Posted on May 8th, 2017 at 1:30 PM EDT

Last year, the Transmission torrent app was hacked not just once, but twice, to install the KeRanger ransomware and, later, the Keydnap backdoor. Now, the same thing has happened to the popular DVD-ripping HandBrake app, which is installing a new variant of the Proton malware.

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