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dev.to > david_shibley > the-githubtoken-in-your-zshrc-is-a-time-bomb-and-so-is-your-npmrc-41h7

The GITHUB_TOKEN in Your.zshrc Is a Time Bomb (And So Is Your.npmrc)

1+ mon, 6+ day ago   (526+ words) If you've got a GITHUB_TOKEN sitting in plaintext in your.zshrc right now, this one's for you. And if you've never actually looked inside your.npmrc, I'd bet money there's an _authToken=npm_xxxxxxxx line in there that's been quietly rotting since you set…...

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dev.to > kielltampubolon > we-planted-10-vulnerabilities-to-test-free-semgrep-it-reported-3-1k6j

We Planted 10 Vulnerabilities to Test Free Semgrep. It Reported 3.

1+ mon, 4+ week ago   (243+ words) Before you read: we are not security experts. We are a small team learning security tooling by... Tagged with security, devops, beginners, testing....

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dev.to > satyam_rastogi > npm-supply-chain-rat-postcss-impersonation-dependency-confusion-1bo9

npm Supply Chain RAT: PostCSS Impersonation & Dependency Confusion

2+ mon, 2+ week ago   (215+ words) Three malicious npm packages masquerading as PostCSS tools delivered Windows RAT payloads. Analysis of supply chain attack mechanics, payload delivery chains, and detection gaps in dependency management. What makes this particularly effective: PostCSS is a legitimate, widely-used build tool. Developers…...

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dev.to > orchidfiles > i-discovered-a-large-scale-malware-distribution-campaign-on-github-4m6o

I discovered a large-scale malware distribution campaign on GitHub

2+ mon, 3+ week ago   (746+ words) This is the story of how I found 10,000 repositories on GitHub that distribute Trojan malware. They are all from different contributors, have different names, and are not forks of other repositories. But they share a common pattern, which is what…...

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dev.to > jomynn > i-built-a-free-ide-extension-to-catch-malicious-npm-packages-before-they-wreck-your-project-24oe

I built a free IDE extension to catch malicious npm packages before they wreck your project

2+ mon, 3+ week ago   (161+ words) Supply-chain attacks via npm are up year-over-year — packages like event-stream, the Lazarus group drops, and AI-hallucinated typosquats keep landing in real codebases. I got tired of finding out after the fact, so I built NPM Safety Guard. It scans your…...