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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.
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npm -g install cooler
errors!e.g.
require('cooler')
console.cool(new Error('hi'))
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The npm package cooler receives a total of 3 weekly downloads. As such, cooler popularity was classified as not popular.
We found that cooler demonstrated a not healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released a year ago. It has 2 open source maintainers collaborating on the project.
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