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 4 weeks ago by cm0002@infosec.pub to cybersecurity@infosec.pub
https://www.theregister.com/2026/04/10/cpuid_site_hijacked/
Comments
theunknownmuncher@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
slazer2au@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Tell me you didn’t read the article without saying you didn’t read the article.
Brkdncr@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Oh sweet summer child…
theunknownmuncher@lemmy.world 4 weeks 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 4 weeks ago
XZ would like to have a word
BurgerBaron@piefed.social 4 weeks ago
Deja Vu
the_riviera_kid@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
I’m glad I keep an archive of everything I download.
m33@lemmy.zip 4 weeks 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 4 weeks ago
I don’t have evidence, but I’m still gonna press X to doubt this claim.