Many AUR packages have been compromised - forum.tromjaro.com/t/many-aur-…
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Many AUR packages have been compromised
You can read the entire thing here - Over 400 Arch Linux AUR Packages Hijacked to Deploy Infostealer and eBPF Rootkit But basically it seems that hundreds of AUR packages that were not maintained in a while got “updated” with a malicious code. The motive? To steal your data. Chromium based browsers were targeted. We use Firefox for TROMjaro, so all fine. Electron Based applications - could be Element or others - plus SSH keys, known_hosts, and shell histories. Read that article for more details...




