I miss the browser, but luckily I haven't played RS since the new CEO cancelled new Pride Events right after the Trump Admin was reelected.
FiniteBanjo
Yeah, it seems like these sort of problems aren't necesarily due to an insecure system like the AUR but moreso because of the target's publicity and popularity which is definitely the case with the rise of CachyOS.
I'm not real clear on if this is the case but you could try:
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Have you installed or updated from the AUR before, such as with Yay? Specifically after June 5th? If so, check this list or the post above for a list of compromised packages. https://gr.ht/aur_pkg_list.txt
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Maybe
pacman -Q | grep atomic-lockfilebecause that appears to be what the threat actor is installing but I'm not really sure if that's how it works...?
EDIT: If you really want to play it safe then you could try yay -R $(pacman -Qmq) to remove every aur package and wait out the storm, just be careful to backup important files.
I tend to be a little antsy around anti-capitalists. Too many bad run-ins with Tankies.
Are you one of the malicious actors? Thats some shit I'd expect to hear from the people doing this, trying to justify the attack by blaming the users for "capitalism".
EDIT: No, sorry, alvr was just one package, there is no specific source for the infection just one or many malicious users: https://gr.ht/aur_pkg_list.txt
~~Users can check if they're already compromised with pacman -Q | grep alvr I think maybe?~~ EDIT: No, sorry, alvr was just one of countless affected packages. Also, several is an understatement since a huge number of packages are affected.
Post with more information here: https://lists.archlinux.org/archives/list/aur-general@lists.archlinux.org/thread/FGXPCB3ZVCJIV7FX323SBAX2JHYB7ZS4/
Sure you can, you just gotta wait for it to be orphaned and then you can do unimaginably horrible things with it. Of course, that doesn't constitute legal ownership, but still.
Imagine if it had no internet access but it had all the relevant docs.
I always check with my contract lawyer before installing or updating from the AUR. It's worth it for me.