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10 npm Typosquatted Packages Deploy Multi-Stage Credential Harvester
Socket researchers found 10 typosquatted npm packages that auto-run on install, show fake CAPTCHAs, fingerprint by IP, and deploy a credential stealer.
Add this gem to a Rails app to get a log line like this for each request:
at=info thread_id=70351652783840 process_id=55394 request_id=013f9cc29c1e4c483435dbc15ab260f4 pre_request=0ms rack_in=202ms app=505ms rack_out=301ms
That includes:
thread_id: For tracking requests across threads, (e.g. Puma)process_id: For tracking requests across workers (e.g. Puma or Unicorn)request_id: Correlate with you app (or Heroku router) logspre_request: Measure the time between HTTP_X_REQUEST_START and the start of your rack stack (similar to New Relic's 'reuqest queueing' metric)rack_in: The time in the rack stack before your app sees the requestapp: The time spent processing the request in your apprack_out: The time spent going back out of the rack stackAdd this line to your application's Gemfile:
gem 'rack-doge'
And then execute:
$ bundle
git checkout -b my-new-feature)git commit -am 'Add some feature')git push origin my-new-feature)FAQs
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We found that rack-doge 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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