Malicious Open-Source Packages: How They Get In and How to Keep Them Out
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Summary
Typosquats, dependency confusion, hijacked maintainers, install scripts and protestware all exploit the same reflex: trusting whatever the registry hands you. How each technique works, how to vet a dependency in ten minutes, and why a release cooldown is the cheapest control you are not using.
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