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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.
buffer-to-uint8array
Advanced tools
convert a buffer (or string) to a Uint8Array
var tou8 = require('buffer-to-uint8array');
var buf = new Buffer('whatever');
var a = tou8(buf);
console.log(a.constructor.name);
console.log(a);
var tou8 = require('buffer-to-uint8array')
Convert buf
, a Buffer
or string
to a Uint8Array
.
If buf
is already a Uint8Array, it will be returned.
With npm do:
npm install buffer-to-uint8array
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convert a buffer (or string) to a Uint8Array
The npm package buffer-to-uint8array receives a total of 3,629 weekly downloads. As such, buffer-to-uint8array popularity was classified as popular.
We found that buffer-to-uint8array 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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