The developers of open source video transcoder app Handbrake have issued a security warning to Mac users after a mirror download server hosting the software was hacked.
The alert was issued on Saturday after it was discovered that the original HandBrake-1.0.7.dmg installer file on mirror server download.handbrake.fr had been replaced by a malicious file.
HandBrake is a tool for converting video from nearly any format to a selection of modern, widely supported codecs. Supported Sources; VIDEOTS folder, DVD image or real DVD (unencrypted - CSS is not supported internally and must be handled externally with third-party software and libraries), BDMV folder (unencrypted), and some.VOB and.TS files. Remove HandBrake Automatically Some applications have native uninstallers, which usually are included in a DMG file of an application or can be downloaded from the app’s official website. The Handbrake program does not have a native uninstaller, but you can use a third-party software tool that helps to remove programs from a computer. Cd /Downloads shasum -a 1 HandBrake-. && shasum -a 256 HandBrake-. The SHA1 for each file will be printed, followed by the SHA256 for each file. If the hashes for any files do not match those listed here and on our website, the files may be corrupt or tampered with. Both the HandBrake website and the copy of HandBrake available via Homebrew (a command-line software installation system) were affected. Am I infected? The security warning provides SHA1 and SHA256 hashes for the malicious HandBrake-1.0.7.dmg file, recommending that you check this against the hash of your download before installing. Fixed issues with queue recovery when running multiple HandBrake instances simultaneously Fixed an issue with a When Done action potentially causing the last queue item to be marked as a.
The affected server has been shut down for investigation, but developers are warning that users who downloaded the software from the server between 14:30 UTC May 2 and 11:00 UTC May 6 have a 50/50 chance of their system being infected by a trojan. 'If you see a process called 'Activity_agent' in the OS X Activity Monitor application, you are infected,' read the alert.
To remove the malware from an infected computer, users need to open up the Terminal application and run the following commands:
- launchctl unload ~/Library/LaunchAgents/fr.handbrake.activity_agent.plist
- rm -rf ~/Library/RenderFiles/activity_agent.app
- if ~/Library/VideoFrameworks/ contains proton.zip, remove the folder
The malware in question is a new variant of OSX.PROTON, a Mac-based remote access trojan that gives the attacker root-access privileges. Apple updated its macOS security software XProtect in February to defend against the original Proton malware. Apple initiated the process to update its XProtect definitions on Saturday and the update should already be rolling out to machines silently and automatically.
Handbrake users should note that the primary download mirror and the Handbrake website were unaffected by the hack. Downloads via the application's built-in updater with 1.0 and later are also unaffected, since these are verified by a DSA Signature and won't install if they don't pass. However, users with Handbrake 0.10.5 and earlier who used the application's built-in updater should check their system, as these versions don't have the verification feature.
For reference, HandBrake.dmg files with the following checksums are infected:
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SHA1: 0935a43ca90c6c419a49e4f8f1d75e68cd70b274 / SHA256: 013623e5e50449bbdf6943549d8224a122aa6c42bd3300a1bd2b743b01ae6793(Thanks, Alfonso!)
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HandBrake was originally created in 2003 by the Eric Petit who made this app exclusively for the shortly lived BeOS operating system, but was shortly after ported to Windows, MacOS and Linux (Ubuntu). Petit continued being active on the development of the app until 2006 when he left and enabled its community to continue working on updates (originally made under the name “MediaFork”, but later renamed back to the app).
Today, after so many years and turbulent state of development, Handbrake for Mac still represents one of the most popular video conversion programs on the market, with support for many features that make conversion process easy and intuitive. Even still, the tool remains to be 100% free and with regular updates continues to expand its capability to work with all currently popular video and audio codecs on the market.
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