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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.
openssl.exe
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Windows binaries of the OpenSSL runtime and its libraries.
The OpenSSL project does not provide official binaries. These are provided without any endorsement, support, or affiliation with the OpenSSL project. Use at your own peril.
Since this package will only install on Windows, it is recommended to include it in your project as an optional dependency.
npm install --save-optional openssl.exe
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Binaries for OpenSSL on Windows
The npm package openssl.exe receives a total of 1,443 weekly downloads. As such, openssl.exe popularity was classified as popular.
We found that openssl.exe 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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