Counterfeit AUR Helpers Run Code as Root Researchers found fake Arch Linux packages that pose as the popular tools yay and paru. During installation, they run malicious code with root privileges. The attackers kept...
The KDE ecosystem has secured a grant totaling €1,285,200 from the Sovereign Tech Fund, a German public-interest entity dedicated to the fortification of open-source software architectures. Backed by the German federal authorities, the fund...
If you ever found the idea of “almost macOS, but on Linux” appealing, it is alive again. The pearOS project has returned more than a decade after the disappearance of Pear Linux and now...
Three malicious scripts have been discovered in the Arch User Repository (AUR)—a community-driven repository for Arch Linux user packages—used to deploy the CHAOS RAT trojan. These scripts, uploaded by a user operating under the...
First released in 2002, Arch Linux is a Linux distribution for i686 and x86-64 computer architectures. Its design focuses on simplicity, security, and efficiency. Unlike other operating systems that use discrete versions, Arch Linux...
