Linux package repositories win again. Downloading random .exe files from sketchy websites will always be stupid
CPUID site hijacked to serve malware instead of HWMonitor downloads
Submitted 2 months ago by cm0002@infosec.pub to cybersecurity@infosec.pub
https://www.theregister.com/2026/04/10/cpuid_site_hijacked/
Comments
theunknownmuncher@lemmy.world 2 months ago
slazer2au@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Tell me you didn’t read the article without saying you didn’t read the article.
Brkdncr@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Oh sweet summer child…
theunknownmuncher@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Nah. Nothing is perfect of course, but normalizing exrcuting software sourced from random, untrustworthy websites will always be objectively worse than curated repos.
muusemuuse@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
XZ would like to have a word
BurgerBaron@piefed.social 2 months ago
Deja Vu
the_riviera_kid@lemmy.world 2 months ago
I’m glad I keep an archive of everything I download.
m33@lemmy.zip 2 months ago
Notepad++ have been there too
Then you realize very popular software and their official website actually are a one man show. Nobody is perfect and those things tend to work for years without security in mind. At the time it were built, supply chain attack was not invented yet.
dogs0n@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
I don’t have evidence, but I’m still gonna press X to doubt this claim.