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Fake Arch Linux packages push malware with root privileges
A threat actor uploaded malicious packages to the Arch User Repository (AUR) that impersonated two popular helper tools, yay and paru.
Summary
A threat actor uploaded malicious packages to the Arch User Repository (AUR) that impersonated two popular helper tools, yay and paru. AUR is a community-maintained, widely-used package index for Arch Linux and derivative distributions that hosts package build scripts (PKGBUILDs) for third-party and proprietary tools, beta, or older package versions that are no longer available via the official Linux distribution channels.
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