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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.
a simple service locator
> npm install canhas
in JavaScript
const canhas = require('canhas')
// in an init module that is required before the rest of the application
canhas.set('clock', Date)
// then maybe in another module
const clock = require('canhas')('clock')
console.log(clock.now())
This package is developed in TypeScript but usable in all JavaScript projects, on Node.js or in browsers. The npm package includes compiled ES5 JavaScript, as well as TypeScript .d.ts type definition files.
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a simple service locator
We found that canhas 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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