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Data Theft Repackaged: A Case Study in Malicious Wrapper Packages on npm
The Socket Research Team breaks down a malicious wrapper package that uses obfuscation to harvest credentials and exfiltrate sensitive data.
You can install from pypi
pip install -U python-download
import download
$ python-download -h
usage: python-download [-h] [-d SAVEDIR] [-r] [-hs HEADERS] [-rq] [-v] [url]
python url downloader
positional arguments:
url URL(s) to be downloaded (one URL per line), if omitted, read from stdin
options:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
-d SAVEDIR, --savedir SAVEDIR
path to the downloaded file
-r, --resume skip downloaded data
-hs HEADERS, --headers HEADERS
dictionary of HTTP Headers to send with
-rq, --use-requests use `requests` module
-v, --version print the current version
FAQs
Python for download.
We found that python-download demonstrated a healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released less than a year ago. It has 1 open source maintainer collaborating on the project.
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