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ioctl.fail is a personal blog at ioctl.fail about security and programming. Since 2026, 4 different Hacker News readers have linked it 4 times, most often “Preliminary analysis of AUR malware (400 packages compromised)”. No feed was found, so read it on the site itself.
Too few sampled comments (2) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link this blog for its preliminary analysis of malware in AUR packages, which the comments describe as NPM post-install code carrying an infostealer and rootkit. The comments only share links.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 2 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
A Cybersecurity student's blog
Most-linked posts?
- Preliminary analysis of AUR malware (400 packages compromised)4 people · 4 mentions · first linked 2026-06-11
What Hacker News says?
AUR thread: https://lists.archlinux.org/archives/list/aur-general@lists.... Malware analysis: https://ioctl.fail/preliminary-analysis-of-aur-malware/
Comment linking /preliminary-analysis-of-aur-malware/
on “>400 AUR Packages Compromised with NPM post-install malware”Submitted Preliminary analysis of AUR malware (400 packages compromised) as a story · 1 points
HN discussionhttps://ioctl.fail/preliminary-analysis-of-aur-malware/ https://markdownpastebin.com/?id=d2a04939f1d7461ea0d36e438a4...
Comment linking /preliminary-analysis-of-aur-malware/
on “AUR Packages Compromised with Infostealer and Rootkit”Submitted Preliminary Analysis of AUR Malware as a story · 1 points
HN discussion