Dissecting Npm Malware: Five Packages And Their Evil Install Scripts

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Civic Auth - Auth in Less Than 5 Minutes
Civic Auth comes with multiple SSO options, optional embedded wallets, and user management — all implemented with just a few lines of code. Start building today.
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InfluxDB high-performance time series database
Collect, organize, and act on massive volumes of high-resolution data to power real-time intelligent systems.
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  1. steal-ur-stuff

    Steal Ur Stuff

    I should really get around to how I discovered this 6 years ago and still nothing done about it

  2. Civic Auth

    Auth in Less Than 5 Minutes. Civic Auth comes with multiple SSO options, optional embedded wallets, and user management — all implemented with just a few lines of code. Start building today.

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  3. npm

    I should really get around to how I discovered this 6 years ago and still nothing done about it

  4. npm-lint

    A linter for npm & node package.json files with a focus on dependency security

    Also ended up writing a similar tool but didn't take it much further.

  5. HomeBrew

    🍺 The missing package manager for macOS (or Linux)

NOTE: The number of mentions on this list indicates mentions on common posts plus user suggested alternatives. Hence, a higher number means a more popular project.

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