Ty, for the info. i was scared for a second. On Sat, Aug 1, 2026 at 10:36 PM Taylor Lookabaugh < [email protected]> wrote:
> On Sat, Aug 1, 2026 at 12:57 PM Amal krishna <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Hi team, >> Does the list also include malware? >> > Brave origin Nightly bin >> > Because i use Brave origin Nightly bin >> > > No, those are also maintained by Brave's prerelease account [1] Similarly > to their stable releases[2[.. > > [1]https://aur.archlinux.org/packages?K=brave-prerelease&SeB=m > [2]https://aur.archlinux.org/packages?K=brave&SeB=m > > >> >> >> On Sat, Aug 1, 2026 at 1:47 AM Mark Wagie <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> >>> On Friday, July 31st, 2026 at 10:07 AM, Jared Sutton <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>> Good day everyone, >>> >>> I was getting a new laptop setup and found this package published just >>> today to AUR: >>> >>> https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/brave-origin >>> >>> It includes an ELF binary called "translator" in the sources, though >>> it's unclear if it has an execution path currently enabled. I believe the >>> brave-origin-bin package to be published by brave themselves, so this one >>> looks like it's just trying to fool users. >>> >>> Any way you slice it, it's very suspicious and is worth a review. I'm >>> having Claude dig into the binary to see what it can find. >>> >>> Regards, >>> Jared >>> >>> >>> >>> It has already been dealt with: >>> >>> >>> https://lists.archlinux.org/archives/list/[email protected]/thread/ZZPFFWLXLZHSDG2JS5AWDG6QEPFYKDND/#ZZPFFWLXLZHSDG2JS5AWDG6QEPFYKDND >>> >>
