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Malicious npm Package Targets Solana Developers and Hijacks Funds
A malicious npm package targets Solana developers, rerouting funds in 2% of transactions to a hardcoded address.
var kext = require('kext');
// Ensure that the module with bundle id 'foo.tun' is loaded. If it isn't, try
// to load it from the specified kext. Calls the callback as cb(null, true) if
// the module is or could be loaded, cb(null, false) otherwise, or with an
// error object if something failed spectacularly.
kext.ensure('foo.tun', '/Library/Extensions/tun.kext', console.log);
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The npm package kext receives a total of 0 weekly downloads. As such, kext popularity was classified as not popular.
We found that kext 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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