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9 Malicious NuGet Packages Deliver Time-Delayed Destructive Payloads
Socket researchers discovered nine malicious NuGet packages that use time-delayed payloads to crash applications and corrupt industrial control systems.
@firebase/installations
Advanced tools
While firebase-admin is primarily used for server-side interactions with Firebase, it also manages Firebase installations in a broader administrative context. Unlike @firebase/installations, which is client-focused, firebase-admin provides a more comprehensive set of tools for Firebase management, including user authentication, database interactions, and more.
This package is a popular choice for React Native developers integrating Firebase into their mobile applications. It includes functionality similar to @firebase/installations for managing Firebase installations within the broader context of a React Native app. It differs in that it is tailored specifically for React Native environments, providing hooks and components that integrate seamlessly with React Native's development model.
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The npm package @firebase/installations receives a total of 3,053,173 weekly downloads. As such, @firebase/installations popularity was classified as popular.
We found that @firebase/installations demonstrated a healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released less than a year ago. It has 4 open source maintainers collaborating on the project.
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