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PyPI Package Impersonates SymPy to Deliver Cryptomining Malware
Malicious PyPI package sympy-dev targets SymPy users, a Python symbolic math library with 85 million monthly downloads.
hypercore-encryption
Advanced tools
Dyanmic Hypercore encryption provider
const HypercoreEncryption = require('hypercore-encryption')
const encryption = new HypercoreEncryption({
blindingKey,
getBlockKey (id, contexxt) {
// get key info corresponding to id and context...
return {
version, // encryption scheme
padding, // padding byte length
key // block key
}
}
})
const core = new Hypercore(storage, { encryption })
await core.ready()
await core.append('encrypt with key 1')
await encryption.load(99)
await core.append('encrypt with key 99')
const enc = new HypercoreEncryption({ blindingKey, getBlockKey, getBlindingKey })Instantiate a new encryption provider. Optionally pass a preopen promise that resolves to a key id to be loaded initially.
Provide a hooks with the signature:
function getBlockKey (id, context) {
// context provides information about the core, eg:
// context.key
// context.manifest
// id id is passed as -1, the module expects the key to be updated
return {
version, // encryption scheme
padding, // padding byte length
key // block key
}
}
function getBlockKey (context) {
return blindingKey // 32 byte blinding key
}
const padding = enc.padding(context)The number of padding bytes.
enc.seekableBoolean on whether the current scheme allows for seeks.
enc.versionThe version of the currently loaded scheme.
await enc.load(id, context)Load the key under id and set to be the current encryption info.
await enc.encrypt(index, block, fork)Encrypt a block in place.
await enc.decrypt(index, block)Decrypt a block in place.
const blockKey = HypercoreEncryption.getBlockKey(hypercoreKey, encryptionKey)Helper to generate namespaced block keys.
Apache-2.0
FAQs
Block encryption provider for hypercore
The npm package hypercore-encryption receives a total of 7 weekly downloads. As such, hypercore-encryption popularity was classified as not popular.
We found that hypercore-encryption demonstrated a healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released less than a year ago. It has 2 open source maintainers collaborating on the project.
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