Unfortunately, it’s only a matter of time until native Linux malware becomes more rampant
Yeah, got me into Linux hardening.
I forgot but do browsers download binaries as executable?
One of the big issues with windows is the fact that it uses file extensions for determining file type, so EXEs can just be instantly run after downloading, which led to MSFT making the “Mark Of Th Web” attribute, which moved hackers into finding every type of bypass for MOTW.
I think straight bin downloads require you to chmod +x first, but you could also probably bypass it with any archive format like .tar.gz or opting for a .deb or .rpm.
The upside is that you really shouldn’t be downloading raw bins outside of the package manager, but there are a bunch of tools that only ship as appimages, so you’re kinda screwed if you download and execute from an untrusted source.
Sometimes! I’ve definitely had some executable files that have downloaded with the x bit flagged.
You can kindly fuck off with this level of hand holding lol. Forcing me to +x by default is a massive pain in the ass.
Forcing you to +x is the opposite of handholding. Do you want sudo to wipe your ass as well?
Year of the Linux desktop 2026.
That is indeed one of the unfortunate but inevitable results of the OS becoming more popular.
Open an issue in wine, tell them that not supporting malware robs you of the true native windows experience.
These Indian scammers keep calling me telling me I have a virus and I need to go to start menu.
I don’t even have a start menu. 🤷
tries to install with wine anyway
inside flatpak with tight permissions anyway.
Oh yeah baby, give me those tight permissions uwu
You need Wine for that
/s
I think 50% of the posts on here are this meme.
For the millionth time, wine is still a path for viruses. This virus can still run if you have wine and it can still do damage. Wine is not a sandbox.
Omg, it’s 2026, just use wine to run it, I’m sure it’s seamless by now.
Skill issue.
I will definitely open all .exe with such a cool icon.
