Karna@lemmy.ml to Linux@lemmy.ml · 1 month agoArch Linux AUR Under Another Wave Of Malicious Packages, Package Adoptions Haltedwww.phoronix.comexternal-linkmessage-square61linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10cross-posted to: linux@sh.itjust.works
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkArch Linux AUR Under Another Wave Of Malicious Packages, Package Adoptions Haltedwww.phoronix.comKarna@lemmy.ml to Linux@lemmy.ml · 1 month agomessage-square61linkfedilinkcross-posted to: linux@sh.itjust.works
minus-squaremotruck@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 month agoYou don’t have to use AUR to use Arch. Just like PPA for Ubuntu or Fedora’s Copr.
minus-squareScrollone@feddit.itlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 month agoI wonder if Ubuntu PPAs are also compromised
minus-squaremotruck@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 month agoThe chances malicious packages live in PPA now is quite high. Perhaps their adoption procedures are not conducive to the same type of attack AUR is experiencing.
You don’t have to use AUR to use Arch. Just like PPA for Ubuntu or Fedora’s Copr.
I wonder if Ubuntu PPAs are also compromised
The chances malicious packages live in PPA now is quite high. Perhaps their adoption procedures are not conducive to the same type of attack AUR is experiencing.