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HERE'S HOW CAREFULLY CONCEALED BACKDOOR IN FAKE AWS FILES ESCAPED MAINSTREAM NOTICE
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This post dives into how two fake AWS packages on the NPM JavaScript repository contained hidden code that backdoored developers' computers. The packages, which were downloaded hundreds of times, mimicked a legitimate library but included additional files with concealed malicious code.