[sigotirandolas]

> - How do the end user protect themselves at this point? Especially the average user?

- Install as little software as possible, use websites if possible.

- Keep important stuff (especially cryptocurrency) on a separate device.

- If you are working on a project that pulls 100s of dependencies from a package registry, put that project on a VM or container.

[goku12]

> Install as little software as possible, use websites if possible.

If I understood this correctly, this is an exploit for the browser.