Episode 79 of Linux Matters: Pouring out the Sidra 🐧️🎙️
Alan crafts another Snap website, Martin brews up some Sidre, and Mark saves a very small fortune on block storage.
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Episode 79 of Linux Matters: Pouring out the Sidra 🐧️🎙️
Alan crafts another Snap website, Martin brews up some Sidre, and Mark saves a very small fortune on block storage.
tl;dr: There’s a relentless campaign by scammers to publish malware in the Canonical Snap Store. Some gets caught by automated filters, but plenty slips through. Recently, these miscreants have changed tactics - they’re now registering expired domains belonging to legitimate snap publishers, taking over their accounts, and pushing malicious updates to previously trustworthy applications. This is a significant escalation. Context Snaps are compressed, cryptographically signed, revertable software packages for Linux desktops, servers, and embedded devices.