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Sead Fadilpašić

Popular NPM packages with over a million downloads hit by malware

Open source software.

  • 17 NPM packages with more than a million weekly downloads were compromised to deliver a RAT
  • The attack could turn into a major supply chain attack, experts warned
  • The packages were since deprecated, but users should be on their guard
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