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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.
vpn-authenticator
Advanced tools
Automatically connect to your VPN using OTP, without the hassle.
npm install -g vpn-authenticator
brew install openvpn
Then try opening a new shell and check if openvpn is accesible:
openvpn --version
If it's not you need to create a symlink for it, for example:
ln -s /usr/local/Cellar/openvpn/2.4.1/sbin/openvpn /usr/local/sbin/openvpn
NOTE: The version for openvpn might be different for you.
If you're on a Debian distro try:
sudo apt-get install openvpn
NOTE: Old versions of openvpn doesn't work with vpn-authenticator.
Download your openvpn credentials file, a .ovpn file.
Some providers will expose a web login where you can get this file.
Once you have this file you'll have everything you need to do the one time setup of vpn-authenticator.
You will also need your account secret to complete setup.
If you already configured Authy as Chrome extension to get your OTP, you can easily find your secret following this instructions:
main.html
.appManager.model.map((app) => console.log(`${app.getName()} => ${app.decryptedSeed}`))
Start vpn-authenticator with sudo, sudo is needed for openvpn to run.
sudo vpn-authenticator
The app will guide you through the rest of the setup process. It will ask you the save the downloaded .ovpn file on your
After the setup process you won't be asked for anything else anymore. Just run the app and enjoy!
sudo vpn-authenticator
NOTE: The uso of sudo
is required for openvpn
client to work.
FAQs
Automatically login to your VPN using 2FA, without the hassle.
The npm package vpn-authenticator receives a total of 0 weekly downloads. As such, vpn-authenticator popularity was classified as not popular.
We found that vpn-authenticator 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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