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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.
Backup your local files or directories into cloud storages.
Now AWS S3 (Simple Storage Service) is only available.
Add this line to your application's Gemfile:
gem "water_wheel"
And then execute:
$ bundle install
Or install it yourself as:
$ gem install water_wheel
Create a new S3 bucket for backup.
add require "water_wheel" to your application or ruby script.
Setting water_wheel gem with your AWS credential.
WaterWheel.configure do |config|
config.provider = "AWS"
config.aws_access_key_id = "your_access_key_id"
config.aws_secret_access_key = "your_secret_access_key"
config.aws_region = "your_region"
config.aws_bucket_name = "your_bucket_name"
config.absolute_path_on_files = ["/path/to/your/files", "/path/to/your/other/files"]
config.absolute_path_on_directories = ["/path/to/your/directories", "/path/to/your/other/directories"]
config.ordered_omit_path_prefixes = ["/path/prefix/to/omit"]
config.storage_class = "STANDARD" # STANDARD, REDUCED_REDUNDANCY, STANDARD_IA...
config.parallel_count = 3
config.dry_run = false
end
parallel_count setting. Default is 3.config.dry_run = trueRun, and you will see the result.
WaterWheel::Backup.on
After checking out the repo, run bin/setup to install dependencies. Then, run rake spec to run the tests. You can also run bin/console for an interactive prompt that will allow you to experiment.
Bug reports and pull requests are welcome on GitHub at https://github.com/shoutatani/water_wheel. This project is intended to be a safe, welcoming space for collaboration, and contributors are expected to adhere to the code of conduct.
The gem is available as open source under the terms of the MIT License.
Everyone interacting in the WaterWheel project's codebases, issue trackers, chat rooms and mailing lists is expected to follow the code of conduct.
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We found that water_wheel 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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