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Make boto3 calls that look real but have no effect
License: Permissive (Apache-2.0)
Published: about 4 years ago
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SAFE Assessment

Compliance

Licenses
No license compliance issues
Secrets
No sensitive information found

Security

Vulnerabilities
No known vulnerabilities detected
Hardening
No application hardening issues

Threats

Tampering
No evidence of software tampering
Malware
No evidence of malware inclusion

Popularity

11.88M
Total Downloads
1
Contributor
0
Declared Dependencies
7
Dependents

Top issues

No issues found.

Top behaviors

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Prevalence in PyPI community

Behavior often found in this community (Common)
39 packages
found in
Top 100
280 packages
found in
Top 1k
1754 packages
found in
Top 10k
67026 packages
in community

Prevalence in PyPI community

Behavior often found in this community (Common)
40 packages
found in
Top 100
253 packages
found in
Top 1k
1433 packages
found in
Top 10k
53416 packages
in community

Prevalence in PyPI community

Behavior often found in this community (Common)
6 packages
found in
Top 100
38 packages
found in
Top 1k
219 packages
found in
Top 10k
4833 packages
in community

Prevalence in PyPI community

Behavior often found in this community (Common)
8 packages
found in
Top 100
46 packages
found in
Top 1k
296 packages
found in
Top 10k
6877 packages
in community

Prevalence in PyPI community

Behavior often found in this community (Common)
74 packages
found in
Top 100
606 packages
found in
Top 1k
4422 packages
found in
Top 10k
171320 packages
in community

Top vulnerabilities

No vulnerabilities found.

FAQ for placebo

What is placebo?

Make boto3 calls that look real but have no effect. For more information about this package, visit its homepage.

Is placebo malicious or is it safe to use?

The Python package placebo was scanned for malware, software tampering, risky behaviors, exposed secrets and known vulnerabilities. No risks were detected, therefore, this version of the package is currently considered as safe to use.

Is placebo popular?

The Python package placebo ranks among the top 10000 projects in this community. It has 12M recorded downloads. A package's popularity is not a good indicator of its safety, visit the SAFE Assessment section to see the full analysis of package deployment risk categories.

How do I secure placebo once it is in my app?

Since we can't know when or where malicious attacks will happen, we recommend tracking how placebo behaviors change over multiple software releases. By adopting differential analysis in your release process, you can detect unexpected changes to a placebo version, which can prevent advanced software supply chain attacks. Read how our technology can help prevent future attacks similar to SolarWinds and 3CX.

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