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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.
npm install goal --save
Goal is a lightweight utility belt for modern JavaScript developers. Contrary to popular solutions like Underscore or Lodash, Goal is only a fraction of the size. It also focuses on only replicating core functionality when needed, and assumes it's being run on a fully ES5-compliant JavaScript engine.
Goal can be run in node.js or in a browser (via Browserify).
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A JavaScript utility belt for the post-ES5 era.
The npm package goal receives a total of 5 weekly downloads. As such, goal popularity was classified as not popular.
We found that goal 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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