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Malicious Homebrew ad campaign

2026-05-05 21:39:13.012707+02 by Dan Lyke 0 comments

Google ads are malicious. Well, all ads are malicious, but, specifically: Homebrew users are accidentally downloading malware instead of the real app

I lay this on both Google, for prioritizing scamware over good search, and on Apple, for still, how many years later, having horrifically out of date system tools, and no actual package management strategy or system.

Debian packages have been a thing since 1993, RPM since 1997, and Apple still has... uh...

Via.

SANS: Malicious Ad for Homebrew Leads to MacSync Stealer.

[ related topics: Free Software Apple Computer Open Source ]

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