Karna@lemmy.ml to Linux@lemmy.ml · 4 days agoArch Linux AUR Under Another Wave Of Malicious Packages, Package Adoptions Haltedwww.phoronix.comexternal-linkmessage-square66linkfedilinkarrow-up1197arrow-down13
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minus-squaremotruck@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up12·2 days agoYou don’t have to use AUR to use Arch. Just like PPA for Ubuntu or Fedora’s Copr.
minus-squarechortle_tortle@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·10 hours agoSure, but as a user it seems like a non-trivial number of packages are only on the AUR vs other distros.
minus-squareScrollone@feddit.itlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 days agoI wonder if Ubuntu PPAs are also compromised
minus-squaremotruck@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 days 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.
Sure, but as a user it seems like a non-trivial number of packages are only on the AUR vs other distros.
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.