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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.
watch a directory. perform a command on change.
npm install -g watchdir
make
on change in current directorywatchdir -c 'make'
watchdir -c 'make' -d ~/code/skynet/
watchdir -c 'npm become-overlord --planet=earth'
Usage:
watchdir [OPTIONS]
Options:
-d, --dir [PATH] Directory to watch (Default is .)
-c, --command STRING Command to execute on change
-w, --watchfile Use node's fs.watchFile instead of fs.watch (Sometimes watch fails noticing changes in files)
-k, --no-color Omit color from output
--debug Show debug information
-h, --help Display help and usage details
FAQs
watch a directory. perform a command upon change.
The npm package watchdir receives a total of 1 weekly downloads. As such, watchdir popularity was classified as not popular.
We found that watchdir 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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