[ale] lots of patches on Ubuntu today

[rramsdell at activedg.com (Randy Ramsdell)]

Ron Frazier wrote:
> Hi guys.  Ubuntu's update manager wanted to install 118 patches today.  
> I didn't notice the number before I clicked install.  As it was going 
> along, I noticed lots of it was the mono libraries.  However, there were 
> a number of others as well.  Do you guys know of any major security news 
> or something to trigger this?  Or, just normal stuff?
> 
> Sincerely,
> 
> Ron
> 
it appears your computer has been hacked.