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ekZepp@lemmy.world to Linux@lemmy.worldEnglish ·
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Malicious AUR Checkup Script. (Not a silver bullet, but it helps)

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Malicious AUR Checkup Script. (Not a silver bullet, but it helps)

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AUR Compromised - Almost 2000 packages affected - 20260611
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As recently discussed on the Arch Mailing list there appears to have been a large coordinated attack on the AUR some time within the last 24 hours that seems to have resulted in a rather sizable amount of packages being contaminated with malware. This is a good reminder that the AUR is open, unofficial, user-produced, content. The only secure way to use the Arch User Repository is by reviewing every PKGBUILD. While efforts are now underway to clean out any problem packages there still exists ...

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    You should be reviewing the PKGBUILD on anything from the AUR anyway

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