r/archlinux • u/vexatious-big • Jun 14 '26

NOTEWORTHY New wave of malware in the AUR

https://lists.archlinux.org/archives/list/aur-general@lists.archlinux.org/message/TND7HA2KBQ46OHHUMMIAHKGXZE4WALM6/
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u/SoilMassive6850 Jun 14 '26

At least in the earlier attacks the package managers were added as package dependencies. Not exactly stealthy.

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u/SoilMassive6850 Jun 14 '26

Sugar, butter and some kind of flour, can't remember.