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Malicious npm Packages Inject SSH Backdoors via Typosquatted Libraries
Socket’s threat research team has detected six malicious npm packages typosquatting popular libraries to insert SSH backdoors.
alternative-facts
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JS lib that intercepts code and delivers incorrect values
// require
const alternativeFacts = require('alternative-facts')
const af = alternativeFacts('format');
//override any method or property named format
const util = require('util');
const result = tools.format('%s:%s','foo','bar');
// result will be scrambled from "foo:bar"
af.reset();
const util2 = require('util');
const result2 = utils2.format('%s:%s','foo','bar');
// result is now "foo:bar"
af.reset();
af.init('format');
const util3 = require('util');
const result3 = utils3.format('%s:%s','foo','bar');
// scambled again
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JS lib that intercepts code and delivers incorrect values
The npm package alternative-facts receives a total of 4 weekly downloads. As such, alternative-facts popularity was classified as not popular.
We found that alternative-facts demonstrated a not healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released a year ago. It has 1 open source maintainer collaborating on the project.
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