Popular emulator Cemu was recently compromised with malware in Linux downloads (www.gamingonlinux.com)

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[-] curbstickle@anarchist.nexus 11 points 4 days ago

Special note for Israeli users: If the malware determines that your location is Israel (it does this via locale and timezone checks) then it has a 1:6 chance that it will play a loud siren sound and run rm -rf /

OK thats kind of funny though

[-] rursta@retrolemmy.com 3 points 4 days ago

Some folks theorize Illusive Networks is responsible for the malware.

[-] curbstickle@anarchist.nexus 1 points 4 days ago

That would track, for sure

Is it conjecture or are there supporting details for that?

[-] rursta@retrolemmy.com 2 points 3 days ago

Conjecture at this point. No solid evidence'

this post was submitted on 13 May 2026

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