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I do regular automated updates. For anything requiring human intervention like the xz thing I trust Lemmy and YouTube to keep me updated. No dedicated news source because if I were to freak out about every new vulnerability found I wouldn’t be able to sleep at night.
If you had it on a computer that is accessible via SSH from the internet you should proceed under the assumption that it was compromised. Which means you should reinstall from a safe medium and change your keys and passwords.
I do regular automated updates. For anything requiring human intervention like the xz thing I trust Lemmy and YouTube to keep me updated. No dedicated news source because if I were to freak out about every new vulnerability found I wouldn’t be able to sleep at night.
Why does the xz thing require human intervention?
If you had it on a computer that is accessible via SSH from the internet you should proceed under the assumption that it was compromised. Which means you should reinstall from a safe medium and change your keys and passwords.