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Synium

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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

522
Total Downloads
0
Contributors
0
Declared Dependencies
0
Dependents

Top issues

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Problem

Software developers use programming and design knowledge to build reusable software components. Software components are the basic building blocks for modern applications. Software consumed by an enterprise consists of hundreds, and sometimes even thousands of open source components. Software developers publish components they have authored to public repositories. While a new software project is a welcome addition to the open source community, it is not always prudent to indiscriminately use the latest components when building a commercial application. Irrespective of the software quality, the danger of being the first to try out a new project lies in the fact that the software component may contain novel, currently undetected malicious code. Therefore, it is prudent to review software component behaviors and even try out software component in a sandbox, an environment meant for testing untrusted code.

Prevalence in PyPI community

No prevalence information at this time

Next steps

Check the software component behaviors for anomalies.
Consider exploratory software component testing within a sandbox environment.
Consider replacing the software component with a more widely used alternative.
Avoid using this software package until it is vetted as safe.

Problem

Software components contain executable code that performs actions implemented during its development. These actions are called behaviors. In the analysis report, behaviors are presented as human-readable descriptions that best match the underlying code intent. While most behaviors are benign, some are commonly abused by malicious software with the intent to cause harm. When a software package shares behavior traits with malicious software, it may become flagged by security solutions. Any detection from security solutions can cause friction for the end-users during software deployment. While the behavior is likely intended by the developer, there is a small chance this detection is true positive, and an early indication of a software supply chain attack.

Prevalence in PyPI community

0 packages
found in
Top 100
2 packages
found in
Top 1k
7 packages
found in
Top 10k
1009 packages
in community

Next steps

Investigate reported detections.
If the software intent does not relate to the reported behavior, investigate your build and release environment for software supply chain compromise.
You should delay the software release until the investigation is completed, or until the issue is risk accepted.
Consider rewriting the flagged code without using the marked behaviors.

Problem

Uniform Resource Locators (URLs) are structured addresses that point to locations and assets on the internet. URLs allow software developers to build complex applications that exchange data with servers that can be hosted in multiple geographical regions. URLs can commonly be found embedded in documentation, configuration files, source code and compiled binaries. Webhooks are web callback interfaces that enable real-time event notifications. Applications provide a public-facing interface that the web service calls when an appropriate event occurs. Attackers often abuse Discord webhooks as a command and control mechanism that instructs the infected computer systems to perform malicious actions. While the presence of Discord webhooks does not imply malicious intent, all of their uses in a software package should be documented and approved. An increasing number of software supply chain attacks in the open source space leverages Discord webhooks for command and control.

Prevalence in PyPI community

0 packages
found in
Top 100
2 packages
found in
Top 1k
9 packages
found in
Top 10k
1002 packages
in community

Next steps

Investigate reported detections.
If the software should not include these network references, investigate your build and release environment for software supply chain compromise.
You should delay the software release until the investigation is completed, or until the issue is risk accepted.
Remove all references to flagged network locations.

Problem

Software developers use programming and design knowledge to build reusable software components. Software components are the basic building blocks for modern applications. Software consumed by an enterprise consists of hundreds, and sometimes even thousands of open source components. Software developers publish components they have authored to public repositories. While a new software project is a welcome addition to the open source community. it is not always prudent to indiscriminately use the latest components when building a commercial application. Irrespective of the software quality, the danger of using components that are rarely used to build applications lies in the fact that the software component may contain novel, currently undetected malicious code. Therefore, it is prudent to review software component behaviors and even try out software component in a sandbox, an environment meant for testing untrusted code.

Prevalence in PyPI community

No prevalence information at this time

Next steps

Check the software component behaviors for anomalies.
Consider exploratory software component testing within a sandbox environment.
Consider replacing the software component with a more widely used alternative.
Avoid using this software package until it is vetted as safe.

Problem

Software developers use programming and design knowledge to build reusable software components. Software components are the basic building blocks for modern applications. Software consumed by an enterprise consists of hundreds, and sometimes even thousands of open source components. Open source communities depend on the work of thousands of software developers that volunteer their time to maintain software components. Software developers build up the reputation of their open source projects by developing in public. Modern source code repositories have many social features that allow software developers to handle bug reports, have discussions with their users, and convey reaching significant project milestones. It is uncommon to find open source projects that omit linking their component to a publicly accessible source code repository.

Prevalence in PyPI community

No prevalence information at this time

Next steps

Check the software component behaviors for anomalies.
Consider exploratory software component testing within a sandbox environment.
Consider replacing the software component with a more widely used alternative.
Avoid using this software package until it is vetted as safe.

Top behaviors

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Prevalence in PyPI community

Behavior often found in this community (Common)
16 packages
found in
Top 100
128 packages
found in
Top 1k
776 packages
found in
Top 10k
25965 packages
in community

Prevalence in PyPI community

Behavior often found in this community (Common)
67 packages
found in
Top 100
520 packages
found in
Top 1k
3993 packages
found in
Top 10k
158349 packages
in community

Prevalence in PyPI community

Behavior often found in this community (Common)
49 packages
found in
Top 100
364 packages
found in
Top 1k
2374 packages
found in
Top 10k
87567 packages
in community

Prevalence in PyPI community

Behavior often found in this community (Common)
43 packages
found in
Top 100
264 packages
found in
Top 1k
1666 packages
found in
Top 10k
47165 packages
in community

Prevalence in PyPI community

Behavior often found in this community (Common)
24 packages
found in
Top 100
163 packages
found in
Top 1k
1243 packages
found in
Top 10k
72644 packages
in community

Top vulnerabilities

No vulnerabilities found.

FAQ for Synium

What is Synium?

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Is Synium malicious or is it safe to use?

The Python package Synium 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. Caution is advised as this package is still in review by ReversingLabs threat researchers for inclusion of novel supply chain threats.

Is Synium popular?

The Python package Synium is not widely used. It has 522 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 Synium once it is in my app?

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

Did you know...

... that you can use ReversingLabs’ Spectra Assure platform to perform regular risk assessments of packages you develop in-house?

We recommend continuous software safeness monitoring through CI/CD integrations and pre-release/deployment checks. In addition to basic package information found on this page our platform offers rich reports for developers and DevSecOps that help them remediate all reported issues.