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Malware Peddlers Are Now Hijacking Snap Publisher Domains
#linux #ubuntu #snapcraft
https://blog.popey.com/2026/01/malware-purveyors-taking-over-published-snap-email-domains/

Alan Pope's blog

Malware Peddlers Are Now Hijacking Snap Publisher Domains

tl;dr: There’s a relentless campaign by scammers to publish malware in the Canonical Snap Store. Some gets caught by automated filters, but plenty slips through. Recently, these miscreants have changed tactics - they’re now registering expired domains belonging to legitimate snap publishers, taking over their accounts, and pushing malicious updates to previously trustworthy applications. This is a significant escalation. Context Snaps are compressed, cryptographically signed, revertable software packages for Linux desktops, servers, and embedded devices.

popey

@popey@mastodon.social · 3 days ago

Malware Peddlers Are Now Hijacking Snap Publisher Domains
#linux #ubuntu #snapcraft
https://blog.popey.com/2026/01/malware-purveyors-taking-over-published-snap-email-domains/

Alan Pope's blog

Malware Peddlers Are Now Hijacking Snap Publisher Domains

Cassidy James :rr: :gg: :fh: boosted

popey

@popey@mastodon.social · 4 days ago

Oh dear. How does this get through any kind of validation!?
#linux #snapcraft

https://snapcraft.io/publisher/techkit5521

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Snapcraft

Steven Sanchez (techkit5521) published snaps in the Snap Store

Install snaps by Steven Sanchez (techkit5521) for Linux in the Snap Store

popey

@popey@mastodon.social · 4 days ago

Oh dear. How does this get through any kind of validation!?
#linux #snapcraft

https://snapcraft.io/publisher/techkit5521

4 media

Snapcraft

Steven Sanchez (techkit5521) published snaps in the Snap Store

Install snaps by Steven Sanchez (techkit5521) for Linux in the Snap Store

Cassidy James :rr: :gg: :fh:

@cassidy@mastodon.blaede.family · 6 months ago

If I want to test out some Snap Store stuff but am on Fedora Silverblue… should I even attempt that, or just spin up an Ubuntu VM/install Ubuntu on another machine?

To be clear about my use case: I’m not looking to actually use Snap apps on alongside other apps on Silverblue, so nice integration is not important; I just want to check out how things are presented and progressing over in the world of the Snap store/App Center thing.

#fedora #silverblue #FedoraSilverblue #snapcraft #Ubuntu #Linux