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The Arch Linux AUR had over 400 packages compromised with malware
1+ week, 10+ hour ago (328+ words) Update - 18: 55 UTC - The Arch Linux team put up an official announcement now: We are currently experiencing a high volume of malicious package adoptions and updates in the Arch User Repository. We are actively working to track down existing malicious commits…...
AUR Registrations Blocked Amid Ongoing Malware Mess
3+ day, 5+ hour ago (485+ words) We've been telling you since Friday about an ongoing saga at Arch Linux over malware packages showing up in AUR, a user software repository that's pretty much unique to Arch. Since the repo contains mostly user-contributed software packages, it's been…...
Malicious apps got into the Arch User Repository - how to protect yourself
2+ day, 17+ hour ago (861+ words) Researchers at software supply chain management company Sonatype found that the Arch User Repository contained about 1, 500 malicious packages, the company said in a blog post updated June 12. "We continue to encourage all users of AUR packages to review'all'PKGBUILD and install…...
Arch Linux AUR hit by malware targeting developer secrets
3+ day, 3+ hour ago (234+ words) Attackers hijacked over 1, 500 packages in Arch Linux's AUR to plant a credential stealer. The official repos are safe, but the trust model took the hit....
Arch Linux Pulls the Plug on New AUR Registrations After Malware Flood
3+ day, 4+ hour ago (427+ words) Arch Linux has disabled new account registrations on the Arch User Repository (AUR) as they work to contain a malware campaign that swept through the community package repository last week. The AUR is where Arch users look in for software…...
Russian Spam & Profanities Are Now Plaguing The Arch Linux AUR
4+ day, 9+ hour ago (206+ words) After days of dealing with 1, 500+ packages in the Arch Linux AUR containing malware, the latest headache in the Arch Linux User Repository is Russian spam and offensive messages. .. - Categories Computers Display Drivers Graphics Cards Linux Gaming Memory Motherboards Processors Software…...
AUR to Arch: 'Houston, We've Got a Problem. .. We're Under Attack Again"
5+ day, 4+ hour ago (389+ words) Yesterday morning at about 10: 30 EDT I told you that AUR's malware attack had ended, that more than 1, 500 packages containing malware had been found and removed, and that the accounts of the folks who submitted the package had been deleted. If…...
Major attack on Arch Linux: massive malware injection into the AUR " Research Snipers
4+ day, 16+ hour ago (404+ words) Major attack on Arch Linux: massive malware injection into the AUR Research Snipers Arch Linux continues to struggle with a large-scale malware wave in its user repository AUR (Arch User Repository). This is currently literally flooded with malware. The attack…...
Arch Says 'All's Clear' After AUR Malware Incident Affects 1, 500 Packages
6+ day, 11+ hour ago (141+ words) Yesterday we told you about Arch Linux's AUR repository being infested with hundreds of malware-infected packages. At the time, more than 400 packages had already been removed (along with committers' accounts) after being found to contain malware. Arch users were being…...
Arch Linux AUR Hit By Another Wave Of Now More Sophisticated Malware Attack
5+ day, 15+ hour ago (226+ words) Just a day after Arch Linux developers believed they got their malware AUR incident under control with 1, 500+ packages affected by malware, another round of of AUR malware is now being discovered. This latest round is more sophisticated as with code…...