News [OMG! Ubuntu] Linux malware hidden in Cemu Wii U emulator AppImage

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If you recently downloaded the Cemu emulator for Linux from the project’s GitHub, be aware: it may have added malware to your system. The team behind the Wii U emulator discovered that both the official AppImage and its Ubuntu ZIP assets for the Cemu 2.6 release available to download from Github were “compromised” – only those builds; Flatpak was not affected, nor installers for Windows and macOS. To wit: if you downloaded Cemu 2.6 between 6 May, 2026 and 12 May from the project’s GitHub page or, as importantly, a third-party launcher which downloads a build from there instead, and […]

Source: https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/05/cemu-linux-malware

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