Malicious Typo-Squatting

mssql.js is a malicious typo-squatting package. The package uses a similar name to the original library so that developers may mistake it for the real one but have malicious actions under the hood such as stealing environment variables...

Malicious Module

nodemssql is a malicious typo-squatting package. The package uses a similar name to the original library so that developers may mistake it for the real one but have malicious actions under the hood such as stealing environment variables...

Malicious Typo-Squatting

D3.js was a malicious module as it is developed to hijack environment variables and send it to attacker’s controlled location...

Malicious Typo-Squatting

fabric-js is a malicious typo-squatter package. The packages uses a similar name to a legitimate library so that developers may mistake it for the real one but executes malicious actions under the hood such as stealing environment variables upon installation...

Malicious Typo-Squatting

sqlite.js is a malicious typo-squatters. The package uses a similar name to another library so that developers may mistake it for a legitimate package but executes malicious actions under the hood such as stealing environment variables on installation...

Malicious Typo-Squatting

mariadb is a malicious typo-squatted package. The package uses a similar name to another library so that developers may mistake it for a legitimate package but executes malicious actions under the hood such as stealing environment variables on installation...

Malicious Typo-Squatting

sqlserver is a malicious typo-squatting package. The package uses a similar name to the original library so that developers may mistake them for the real one but have malicious actions under the hood such as stealing environment variables...

Malicious Typo-Squatting

node-fabric is a malicious typo-squatting package. The package uses a similar name to the original library so that developers may mistake them for the real one but have malicious actions under the hood such as stealing environment variables...

Malicious Typo-Squatting

nodesqlite is a malicious typo-squatting package. The package uses a similar name to the original library so that developers may mistake them for the real one but have malicious actions under the hood such as stealing environment variables...

Malicious Typo-Squatting

jquery.js is a malicious typo-squatting package. The package uses a similar name to the original library so that developers may mistake them for the real one but have malicious actions under the hood such as stealing environment variables...

Researchers discover vulnerabilities in smart assistants’ voice commands

Virtual personal assistants VPA, also known as smart assistants like Amazon’s Alexa and Google’s Assistant, are in the spotlight for vulnerabilities to attack. Take, for example, that incident about an Oregon couple’s Echo smart speaker inadvertently recording their conversation and sending it to...

Malicious Typo-Squatting

The node-tkinter packages is a malicious typo-squatting package. The package uses a similar name to the original library so that developers may mistake them for the real one but have malicious actions under the hood such as stealing environment variables...

Malicious Typo-Squatting

The tkinter packages is a malicious typo-squatting package. The package uses a similar name to the original library so that developers may mistake them for the real one but have malicious actions under the hood such as stealing environment variables...

Malicious Typo-Squatting

The mysqljs packages is a malicious typo-squatting package. The package uses a similar name to the original library so that developers may mistake them for the real one but have malicious actions under the hood such as stealing environment variables...

Information Disclosure Through Typo-squatting

acqusition, apidev-coop, bzip, crypt, django-server, pwd, setup-tools, telnet, urlib3, and urllib are packages that are typosquatting other packages with malicious intent. These libraries contain the same source code as the original libraries, however the installation files have been modified to...

Attackers Use Typo-Squatting To Steal npm Credentials

Hackers seeking developer credentials used typo-squatting to spread malicious code via libraries hosted at the online repository npm. In all, 40 npm packages were found malicious and removed from the Node.js package management registry, according to npm. The attack involved a user named HackTask...

Domain Name Permutation Engine: dnstwist

Domain Name Permutation Engine Domain name permutation engine for detecting typo squatting, phishing and corporate espionage See what sort of trouble users can get in trying to type your domain name. Find similar-looking domains that adversaries can use to attack you. Can detect typosquatters,...

URLCrazy - Test domain typos and variations to detect typo squatting, URL hijacking, phishing, and corporate espionage

Generate and test domain typos and variations to detect and perform typo squatting, URL hijacking, phishing, and corporate espionage. Usage Detect typo squatters profiting from typos on your domain name Protect your brand by registering popular typos Identify typo domain names that will receive...

Network Of 7K Typo Squatting Domains Drives Huge Traffic To Spam Web Sites

A report from Websense finds that spammers are cleaning up on misspelled domain names for prominent sites. A network of such typo squatting sites is driving millions of visitors to a Web site controlled by the spammers, making it one of the most traffic sites on the Internet. The report, on...

Mobile Credits Used as Phishing Lure

Customers of an Italian bank were lured into a phishing scam with promises of mobile phone airtime credits, according to a blog post from analyst Mathew Maniyara on Symantec’s Connect blog. According to Maniyara, phishers posing under the guise of an Italian bank, are using a U.S.-based Web site ...