2025-03-07
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The Threat of Malicious NPM Packages: Safeguarding User and System Datanpmsecurity,maliciouspackages,dataprotection,systemsecurity,usersecurity

The Threat of Malicious NPM Packages: Safeguarding User and System Data

Morgan Sarah013 mins

Malicious NPM Packages Steal User and System Data, Fortinet Warns October 3, 2023 | By Fortinet, a cybersecurity company, has recently issued a warning about a series of malicious Node Package Manager (NPM) packages that have been discovered in the NPM Registry. These packages contain install scripts designed to steal sensitive information from users’ systems….

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Rising security concerns as hackers leverage an old-school weapon: the 'Shift' key to exploit npm packagesnpmsecurity,Shiftkeyexploit,hacking,cybersecurity,packagemanagement,vulnerability

Rising security concerns as hackers leverage an old-school weapon: the ‘Shift’ key to exploit npm packages

Morgan Sarah05 mins

Exploiting typos with malicious intent: npm’s vulnerability Recently published research from Checkmarx has shed light on a long-standing vulnerability in npm, the package manager for the JavaScript programming language. Since 2017, malicious actors have been able to use typosquatting to mimic legitimate npm packages by subtly changing the capitalisation of letters in their titles. npm’s…

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