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Socket researchers found several malicious npm packages typosquatting Chalk and Chokidar, targeting Node.js developers with kill switches and data theft.
binary coded decimals
npm install bcd
bcd.encode(num)
— encode given number into a buffer with a minimal
length that fits the result;bcd.encode(num, length)
— encode given number into a buffer with
a given length
. If length
is more than needed, the result is aligned
at the right side of the buffer and the rest is filled with zeroes. If
length
is less then needed, the result is truncated from the left side;bcd.encode(num, buffer)
— encode givento number into a given buffer.
The above rules regarding length are applied.bcd.decode(buffer)
— decode given buffer into a number. If the buffer
is not a valid BCD, this method throws.MIT
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binary coded decimals
The npm package bcd receives a total of 48 weekly downloads. As such, bcd popularity was classified as not popular.
We found that bcd 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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