also if anyone recognizes this track, please do tell me the name, it seems like a pretty nice song
I found the song! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l4UkYBr1NnA
And, note that this is ALSO not to say "we're all doomed" or whatever.
It's simply to say we need to take this seriously.
We can't just sit and point and laugh while allies are getting attacked. We are in this together. Find ways we can help each other forward.
If you wanted to learn more […]
I can't believe the server I once paid ~120 a month (currently 150 after their last price increase) for is now going to cost ~300 a month if I'd have to order it again or wanted to expand my cluster.
.. I also can't believe I've been waiting for fiber at home for 5 years now, that's the only […]
It's easy to dunk on Arch's #AUR issues while ignoring what's going on.
- It involves some accounts that have been around for years, this is a sophisticated and well-planned attack.
- As much as AUR is very central to Arch, every big distro has its own 'alternative' package platform, like […]
found @somecat irl
RE: https://mastodon.derg.nz/@anthropy/116739170827079142
Note that the AUR hack isn't over yet, it has only gotten worse. I've updated the backup URL too, we're now at about 1936 infected packages.
I thought they already blocked new accounts from adopting orphan packages on AUR but it seems […]
Hetzner is doing another price increase.
this time it seems to only affect new orders, not existing ones .. but the price increase is pretty steep, like 2-3x or more
https://docs.hetzner.com/general/infrastructure-and-availability/price-adjustment/
#Hetzner #cloud #hosting #selfhosting
also worth noting I found this consolidated script appears to check for all the infected packages + the services it spawns + eBPF backdoors: https://github.com/lenucksi/aur-malware-check/blob/master/aur_check-v2.sh
I've briefly read it and it *seems* safe, but if you can read it yourself it's […]
And note that that's not to say "Linux isn't secure".
It's to say that with Windows rapidly losing relevance, Linux is going to only get more and more of a lens on it.
APTs, fuzzing tools, security analyzers, LLMs, the list of new threats is growing rapidly.
The time from finding issues to […]
