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Arch Linux AUR Hit By Another Wave Of Now More Sophisticated Malware Attack (www.phoronix.com)

submitted 2 weeks ago by cm0002@europe.pub to c/linux@programming.dev

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[–] shweddy@lemmy.world 19 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (4 children)

As a new arch user how do I check PKGBUILD and install script changes? And what am I looking for out of the ordinary?

Feel free to point me to a wiki page if possible

Nevermind I just searched pkgbuild

[–] wise123@sh.itjust.works 12 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

If you are concerned with security, you can install postmaster or any other firewall force block all the internet connection and deny all the connections and then manually start allowing apps and process access to internet.

It's an annoying process. It takes a lot of time to set up, but once it gets going, you will be mostly secure from this type of attack.

So, sort of security over convenience.

[–] massive_bereavement@fedia.io 6 points 2 weeks ago

I would add using as much as possible flatpak, and only using aur in special circumsrances, also using selinux if possible.

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