The official website for Linux Mint has been hacked, and the ISO download of the operating system was replaced with a malicious version on Saturday (20th February), the head of the project has… ...

The Linux Mint website was hacked over the weekend and the regular ISO of the latest distribution of the popular operating system replaced by a version that contained a backdoor.

If you downloaded Linux Mint on Saturday, February 20th, you may have grabbed a hacked version that includes a backdoor. Here's what you need to know.

Linux Mint warned its website was hacked via WordPress and attackers changed an ISO link to a malicious Linux Mint 17.3 Cinnamon edition on Saturday. The database was sold on the dark web and ...

ISO For a brief time on Saturday, February 20, users attempting to download Linux Mint might have downloaded a version that contained a backdoor.

In the upcoming Linux Mint 21.1 ‘Vera’ release, users will have access to the new ISO Verification Tool, which will do most of the heavy lifting when it comes to verifying ISOs.

Linux Mint 18.2 has been released. The Cinnamon, MATE, KDE, and Xfce editions are now available for download from the Linux Mint website but upgrade paths from older releases are not yet ready.

Linux Mint received valuable help from Avast, which reached out to the OS maker following the attack and offered to analyze the hacked Linux Mint ISO file. A day later, Avast provided a full ...

The attack against Linux Mint’s website, where users were tricked into downloading a modified ISO Linux Mint 17.3 Cinnamon from a Bulgarian server, highlights the risks of downloading software ...

There’s been quite a lot of anticipation for the next version of Linux Mint. The release candidate for Linux Mint 16 (MATE and Cinnamon) is now available for download, according to DistroWatch.