
Research
2025 Report: Destructive Malware in Open Source Packages
Destructive malware is rising across open source registries, using delays and kill switches to wipe code, break builds, and disrupt CI/CD.
serverless-build-substitute-plugin
Advanced tools
A Serverless Build plugin to substitute files into a build (eg. AWS binaries into node_modules)
A Serverless Build Plugin to substitute files into a build (eg. AWS binaries into node_modules) prior to deployment.
NOTE: currently works on Serverless 0.5.x only.
Support for Serverless 1.0.x is coming once it has reached RC/Stable.
To use simply add serverless-substitute-plugin to your "plugins" section in your s-project.json file.
Then to use you can simply add it as an entry in your serverless.build.yml file in your project root.
This can be used for deploying AWS compatible binaries into the package before deployment.
# ./serverless.build.yml
method: "bundle"
sourceMaps : true
babel : true # Will use ./.babelrc
uglify : true # Will use defaults
exclude:
- "*" # Ignores the root directory
modules:
exclude: # excluded from the root node_modules
- aws-sdk
deepExclude: # excluded from nested node_modules
- aws-sdk
## Global Substitute File (will run on all functions deployed)
substitute:
- from: "bin/somefile.bin" # Rel path to your project for the file to substitute from
to: "somefile.bin" # One or more destinations for the file to be copied to
functions:
one:
include:
- "functions/one/**"
- "lib/one/**"
exclude:
- "**/*.json"
# Substitute Files (per function)
substitute:
- from: "bin/iconv.node" # Rel path to your project for the file to substitute from
to: # One or more destinations for the file to be copied to
- "node_modules/iconv/build/Release/iconv.node"
- "node_modules/iconv/build/Release/obj.target/iconv.node"
- "node_modules/iconv/build/Debug/iconv.node"
- "node_modules/iconv/build/Debug/obj.target/iconv.node"
- from: "bin/somefile.bin" # Rel path to your project for the file to substitute from
to: "somefile.bin" # One or more destinations for the file to be copied to
FAQs
A Serverless Build plugin to substitute files into a build (eg. AWS binaries into node_modules)
We found that serverless-build-substitute-plugin 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.
Did you know?

Socket for GitHub automatically highlights issues in each pull request and monitors the health of all your open source dependencies. Discover the contents of your packages and block harmful activity before you install or update your dependencies.

Research
Destructive malware is rising across open source registries, using delays and kill switches to wipe code, break builds, and disrupt CI/CD.

Security News
Socket CTO Ahmad Nassri shares practical AI coding techniques, tools, and team workflows, plus what still feels noisy and why shipping remains human-led.

Research
/Security News
A five-month operation turned 27 npm packages into durable hosting for browser-run lures that mimic document-sharing portals and Microsoft sign-in, targeting 25 organizations across manufacturing, industrial automation, plastics, and healthcare for credential theft.