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Kill Switch Hidden in npm Packages Typosquatting Chalk and Chokidar
Socket researchers found several malicious npm packages typosquatting Chalk and Chokidar, targeting Node.js developers with kill switches and data theft.
APM (AMD Package Manager) is a npm-based package manager for AMD.
If your node version >= 4.7.0, feel free to install.
$ [sudo] npm install -g apmjs
Make sure you have it
$ apmjs -v
e.g. install https://registry.npmjs.org/@searchfe%2Fpromise
$ apmjs install @searchfe/promise
For more details, see: https://github.com/apmjs/apmjs/wiki.
apmjs install
: Resolve and flatten ddependencies, see dependency-resolvingapmjs link
: Link to/from <npm-prefix>/lib/amd_modules
, install as neededapmjs unlink
: Unlink global AMD modulesapmjs version
: Prints apmjs version, of course..js
is not allowed in package name, since .js
is always appended when require.js fetching scripts.FAQs
AMD package manager
The npm package apmjs receives a total of 45 weekly downloads. As such, apmjs popularity was classified as not popular.
We found that apmjs 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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