Researchers warn of malicious typosquatting packages making their way into open source repositories

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Researchers warn of increase in malicious typosquatting packages making their way into open source repositories
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Researchers warn of increase in malicious typosquatting packages making their way into open source repositories

Malicious typosquatting packages prey on naive users or developers who make a slight typographical error

Researchers at software supply chain management firm Sonatype have warned that attackers are increasingly using malicious 'typosquatting' packages infiltrating open source repositories to steal con...

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