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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.
ducimusprovident
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#!/usr/bin/env node
const uglify = require('uglify-js') const { gzipSync } = require('zlib') const { readFileSync, writeFileSync } = require('fs') const { resolve } = require('path') const { execSync } = require('child_process')
const getSize = bundle => { const compressed = uglify.minify(bundle.toString(), { ie8: true }) if (compressed.error) throw compressed.error const gzipped = gzipSync(compressed.code) const kb = (gzipped.length / 1000).toFixed(2) return kb }
const insert = kb => {
const readme = readFileSync(resolve(__dirname, '../README.md'), 'utf8')
const replaced = readme.replace(
/(![).+(kB](https://img.shields.io/badge/size-).*(kB-green.svg))/,
$1${kb}$2${kb}$3
)
writeFileSync(resolve(__dirname, '../README.md'), replaced, 'utf8')
}
const kb = getSize(execSync('./bin/bundle'))
insert(kb)
console.log(inserted compressed/gzipped size (${kb}kB) into readme
)
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Automatically detect JavaScript errors, collect detailed diagnostic information, and get notified about errors in real-time.
The npm package ducimusprovident receives a total of 0 weekly downloads. As such, ducimusprovident popularity was classified as not popular.
We found that ducimusprovident demonstrated a healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released less than a year ago. It has 1 open source maintainer collaborating on the project.
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