Arch Linux AUR Under Another Wave Of Malicious Packages, Package Adoptions Halted

Posted by bob on Aug 1, 2026 4:19 AM EDT
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Last month the Arch Linux User Repository "AUR" saw more than 1,500 malicious packages amid a sophisticated malware attack and then also seeing an influx of spam and profanities amid this community/user-maintained repository for the popular Arch Linux distribution. Unfortunately, there is another round of AUR troubles...

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