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10 npm Typosquatted Packages Deploy Multi-Stage Credential Harvester
Socket researchers found 10 typosquatted npm packages that auto-run on install, show fake CAPTCHAs, fingerprint by IP, and deploy a credential stealer.
A simple cli for checking dead links of markdown.
$ npm i check-md --save
$ npx check-md
Usage: check-md [options]
Options:
-v, --version output the version number
-f, --fix Check and try to fix
-c, --cwd [path] Working directory of check-md, default to process.cwd()
-r, --root [path] Checking url root, default to ./
-p, --preset [name] Preset config(eg vuepress, default)
-P, --pattern [pattern] Glob patterns, default to **/*.md
-i, --ignore [pattern] Ignore patterns, will merge to pattern, default to **/node_modules
--exit-level [level] Process exit level, default to error, other choice is warn and none, it will not exit if setting to none
--default-index [index] Default index in directory, default to README.md,readme.md
-h, --help output usage information
configure in package.json
{
"check-md": {
"cwd": "./",
"defaultIndex": [ "index.md" ],
"exitLevel": "warn",
}
}
Running cli in directory of test.md
The result is
Checking markdown...
1 warning was found
Should use .md instead of .html: [test6](./other.html#ctx-get-name) (/Users/Workspace/check-md/test/fixtures/docs1/test.md:15:1)
5 dead links was found
Url link is empty: [test1]() (/Users/Workspace/check-md/test/fixtures/docs1/test.md:5:5)
Hash is not found: [test8](/other#cccc) (/Users/Workspace/check-md/test/fixtures/docs1/test.md:19:1)
File is not found: [test9](/123.md#cccc) (/Users/Workspace/check-md/test/fixtures/docs1/test.md:21:1)
Hash should slugify: [test12](./other.md#ctx.get(name) (/Users/Workspace/check-md/test/fixtures/docs1/test.md:27:1)
File is not found: [test16](./123.md#ctx.get(name) (/Users/Workspace/check-md/test/fixtures/docs1/test.md:39:1)
Executes with --fix to fix automatically
Checking failed
FAQs
Checks dead links of markdown
The npm package check-md receives a total of 944 weekly downloads. As such, check-md popularity was classified as not popular.
We found that check-md 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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