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@btaf45@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 8 months ago

Hundreds of code libraries posted to NPM try to install malware on dev machines

arstechnica.com

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Hundreds of code libraries posted to NPM try to install malware on dev machines

arstechnica.com

@btaf45@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 8 months ago
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These are not the the developer tools you think they are.
  • @tal@lemmy.today
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    Not really a language-specific problem. Like, there are numerous languages that have distribution mechanisms for libraries that might potentially be malicious.

    Only way I can think that the language might be a factor would be if a language were designed to only run in a restricted mode.

    • @msage@programming.dev
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      0•8 months ago

      Not really a language-specific problem, but why should that stop us from this goal?

      • 🇦🇺𝕄𝕦𝕟𝕥𝕖𝕕𝕔𝕣𝕠𝕔𝕠𝕕𝕚𝕝𝕖
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        0•8 months ago

        Exactly

      • @lemmeBe@sh.itjust.works
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        0•8 months ago

        You must be very smart.

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