Some_Emo_Chick@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 15 days agoArch Linux's AUR Sees More Than 400 Packages Compromised With Malwarewww.phoronix.comexternal-linkmessage-square13linkfedilinkarrow-up188arrow-down11
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minus-squarejust_another_person@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·15 days agoThey should have some sort of static code scanners on the repos at rest at this point that look for certain patterns and issue warnings.
minus-squareTetsuo@jlai.lulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·15 days agoI wish it was that simple but I doubt there is any scanner that can differentiate between legitimate and malicious code. Maybe an AI but even then it would probably be quite unreliable.
They should have some sort of static code scanners on the repos at rest at this point that look for certain patterns and issue warnings.
I wish it was that simple but I doubt there is any scanner that can differentiate between legitimate and malicious code.
Maybe an AI but even then it would probably be quite unreliable.