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Malicious packages in NPM evade dependency detection through invisible URL links (csoonline.com)
2 points by shehackspurple 237 days ago
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> To every automated security system, these packages show "0 Dependencies."

With all the faults of npm, I fail to see that as npm fault. That sounds honestly like a security system fault. Why would an audit tool ignore a clearly defined dependency?

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