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failIncident: Malware

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aaddressable

latest

removed

malicious

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License: Permissive (MIT)

Published:

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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

1 components prone to hijacking

Malware

1 undesirable applications found

INCIDENTS FOR THIS VERSION:

malware

Reported By: Community

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malware

Reported By: Community (RubyGems)

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malware

Reported By: ReversingLabs (Automated)

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removal

N/AReported By: Community

List of software quality issues with the number of affected components.

Policies

Info

Problem

Potentially unwanted applications (PUAs) can be considered a risk by some software users. This threat type typically collects private user data, or in more extreme cases, tampers with system security settings. Most threat prevention solutions detect and block PUAs. Software packages that trigger security solution detections also tend to increase the number of support calls and open tickets from users.

Prevalence in RubyGems community

0 packages

found in

Top 100

1 packages

found in

Top 1k

4 packages

found in

Top 10k

379 packages

in community

Next steps

Revise the use of components that raise these alarms. If you can't deprecate those components, make sure they are well-documented.

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. Open source projects are the intellectual property of their respective authors. At any time, the authors may choose to completely remove the software component from a public repository. This often occurs when a software project reaches its end-of-life stage, or when the software authors lose interest in maintaining the project. This kind of removal frees up the software package name, its unique software identifier in the public repository, for other developers to use. However, new software project owners might have malicious intent. Threat actors are continuously monitoring popular package names in case their unique identifiers suddenly become available for hijacking. Once the software projects falls under new ownership, the new maintainers may opt to use the project popularity to spread malware to unsuspecting users.

Prevalence in RubyGems community

0 packages

found in

Top 100

0 packages

found in

Top 1k

18 packages

found in

Top 10k

17.57k packages

in community

Next steps

Inspect behaviors exhibited by the detected software components.

If the software behaviors differ from expected, investigate the build and release environment for software supply chain compromise.

Revise the use of components that raise these alarms. If you can't deprecate those components, make sure that their versions are pinned.

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. 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 RubyGems community

0 packages

found in

Top 100

1 packages

found in

Top 1k

28 packages

found in

Top 10k

119.24k packages

in community

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. 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 RubyGems community

1 packages

found in

Top 100

98 packages

found in

Top 1k

3817 packages

found in

Top 10k

185.27k packages

in community

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 RubyGems community

60 packages

found in

Top 100

570 packages

found in

Top 1k

6510 packages

found in

Top 10k

173.74k packages

in community

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.

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List of software quality issues with the number of affected components.

Policies

Info

Problem

Prevalence in RubyGems community

0 packages

found in

Top 100

1 packages

found in

Top 1k

4 packages

found in

Top 10k

379 packages

in community

Next steps

Revise the use of components that raise these alarms. If you can't deprecate those components, make sure they are well-documented.

Problem

Prevalence in RubyGems community

0 packages

found in

Top 100

0 packages

found in

Top 1k

18 packages

found in

Top 10k

17.57k packages

in community

Next steps

Inspect behaviors exhibited by the detected software components.

If the software behaviors differ from expected, investigate the build and release environment for software supply chain compromise.

Revise the use of components that raise these alarms. If you can't deprecate those components, make sure that their versions are pinned.

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. 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 RubyGems community

0 packages

found in

Top 100

1 packages

found in

Top 1k

28 packages

found in

Top 10k

119.24k packages

in community

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. 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 RubyGems community

1 packages

found in

Top 100

98 packages

found in

Top 1k

3817 packages

found in

Top 10k

185.27k packages

in community

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 RubyGems community

60 packages

found in

Top 100

570 packages

found in

Top 1k

6510 packages

found in

Top 10k

173.74k packages

in community

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.

aaddressable

SAFE Assessment

Compliance

Security

Threats

IMPORTANT: All versions of this package have been maliciousLatest version with malware incident detected: about 7 years agoVersion: 1000.0.0

INCIDENTS FOR THIS VERSION:

SQ30103Detected presence of potentially unwanted applications.Causes risk: undesirable applications foundthreats

Problem

Prevalence in RubyGems community

Next steps

TH30103Detected presence of software components that were removed from the public package repository.Causes risk: components prone to hijackinghunting

Problem

Prevalence in RubyGems community

Next steps

TH30106Detected presence of software components that have low popularity or number of downloads.hunting

Problem

Prevalence in RubyGems community

Next steps

TH30107Detected presence of software components that are rarely included by other public software packages.hunting

Problem

Prevalence in RubyGems community

Next steps

TH30112Detected presence of software components without a declared source code repository.hunting

Problem

Prevalence in RubyGems community

Next steps

Did you know...

SQ30103Detected presence of potentially unwanted applications.Causes risk: undesirable applications foundthreats

Problem

Prevalence in RubyGems community

Next steps

TH30103Detected presence of software components that were removed from the public package repository.Causes risk: components prone to hijackinghunting

Problem

Prevalence in RubyGems community

Next steps

TH30106Detected presence of software components that have low popularity or number of downloads.hunting

Problem

Prevalence in RubyGems community

Next steps

TH30107Detected presence of software components that are rarely included by other public software packages.hunting

Problem

Prevalence in RubyGems community

Next steps

TH30112Detected presence of software components without a declared source code repository.hunting

Problem

Prevalence in RubyGems community

Next steps