SourceForge seizes the Nmap account

SourceForge recently got into a lot of hot water over the old GIMP account on the SourceForge site. Now it looks like the Nmap account is getting the same treatment.

Fyodor posted on Seclists.org:

You may have already read the recent news about Sourceforge.net hijacking the GIMP project account to distribute adware/malware. Previously GIMP used this Sourceforge account to distribute their Windows installer, but they quit after Sourceforge started tricking users with fake download buttons which lead to malware rather than GIMP. Then Sourceforge took over GIMP’s account and began distributing a trojan installer which tries to trick users into installing various malware and adware before actually installing GIMP. Of course this goes directly against Sourceforge CEO Michael Schumacher’s promise less than two years ago:

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