LibsEatPoop [any]@hexbear.net to technology@hexbear.netEnglish · edit-23 months agoAll Linux users, check your XZ library. You might be infected.www.cyberkendra.comexternal-linkmessage-square30fedilinkarrow-up179arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up179arrow-down1external-linkAll Linux users, check your XZ library. You might be infected.www.cyberkendra.comLibsEatPoop [any]@hexbear.net to technology@hexbear.netEnglish · edit-23 months agomessage-square30fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareanarchoilluminati [comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 months agoPhew. Same. So, what do we do in this case to avoid contamination via updating? Just don’t “sudo apt upgrade” for a while?
minus-squareAbracadaniel [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·3 months agoI’m no expert, but I’d assume the repository maintainers would pull the malicious packages ASAP. check to see if you have any updates available, if the malicious version is not available then you’re chilling
Phew. Same.
So, what do we do in this case to avoid contamination via updating? Just don’t “sudo apt upgrade” for a while?
I’m no expert, but I’d assume the repository maintainers would pull the malicious packages ASAP. check to see if you have any updates available, if the malicious version is not available then you’re chilling