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A logic flaw between Ubuntu's 'command-not-found' package suggestion system and the snap package repository could enable attackers to promote malicious Linux packages to unsuspecting users. The problem arises from the utility's ability to suggest snap packages for installation when they are missing without a validat...

Yashodhan Mohan Bhatnagar·FollowThere are times, when you’re working on a remote system that has a Unix system like Ubuntu, RHEL, etc. You want to develop scripts, checkout if some packages exist, prototype command snippets or maybe test out some compatibility.Anytime I’ve had to do that I had to spin up a t2 VM fro...