Comment on Stealthy Linux rootkit found in the wild after going undetected for 2 years
PlatinumSf@pawb.social 1 year agoKeyword “Random”. The code for the packages that shipped for your os and for your user installed utilities are generally ‘trusted’ code since you sought out the install. It’s not bulletproof, but it’s a good start vs running any package that happens to land in your downloads folder.
TrickDacy@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Well, it’s not always so cut and dried. For example, do I need to research the maker of some random dude who built an app that looks useful? I don’t think most people on lemmy are the types to literally not care at all where software comes from, so I’m just trying to understand better how we can properly draw that line