148 npm Packages Disguised as Student Proxies Turned Browsers Into a DDoS Botnet
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A campaign of 148 npm packages disguised as student web proxies turned visitors' browsers into a distributed denial-of-service botnet for roughly two weeks in May, according to new research from JFrog. The packages did not go after the developers who might install them. The operators used the registry as free hosting for a booby-trapped proxy site and let the students who came to dodge
1Key Takeaways
- A campaign of 148 npm packages disguised as student web proxies turned visitors' browsers into a distributed denial-of-service botnet for roughly two weeks in May, according to new research from JFrog.
- The packages did not go after the developers who might install them.
- The operators used the registry as free hosting for a booby-trapped proxy site and let the students who came to dodge.
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Tool launches and updates shape which workflows teams adopt and which vendors gain traction. The Hacker News reports that a campaign of 148 npm packages disguised as student web proxies turned visitors' browsers into a distributed denial-of-service botnet for roughly two weeks in May, according to new research from JFrog.
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