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Show HN: Test Your Defenses with a Malware-Simulator Package

2 pointsby varunsharma07about 3 years ago

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varunsharma07about 3 years ago
A new tutorial has been added to <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;step-security&#x2F;supply-chain-goat&#x2F;blob&#x2F;main&#x2F;CompromisedDependency.md" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;step-security&#x2F;supply-chain-goat&#x2F;blob&#x2F;main...</a> to perform behavior analysis of dependencies.<p>For this a package was needed to simulate behavior of past hijacked packages. <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.npmjs.com&#x2F;package&#x2F;@step-security&#x2F;malware-simulator" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.npmjs.com&#x2F;package&#x2F;@step-security&#x2F;malware-simulat...</a> makes an outbound call in a preinstall step.<p>You can think of the @step-security&#x2F;malware-simulator package being like the EICAR file, which is used as a test file for anti-virus software.<p>Can be used to test if you can detect packages that make outbound calls, which is a common theme for hijacked packages.