Security Experts Warn of Ubuntu Exploit to Push Malicious Snaps

Researchers at Aqua Nautilus say they’ve identified a security issue in the way Ubuntu’s “command not found” feature works, which attackers can exploit to trick users into installing malicious snaps. In a lengthy blog post detailing their findings the security outfit concludes “the risk of attackers exploiting the ‘command-not-found’ utility to recommend their own malicious snap packages is a pressing concern”.

Source: OMG! Ubuntu!

 


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