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failIncident: Malware
Scanned: 5 days ago

Live Server

Artifact:
latest
malicious
key project
Launch a development local Server with live reload feature for static & dynamic pages
License: Permissive (MIT)
Published: about 1 year ago
Publisher: ritwickdey
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SAFE Assessment

Compliance

Licenses
1 software distribution restrictions
Secrets
No sensitive information found

Security

Vulnerabilities
4 severe vulnerabilities exploited
Hardening
No application hardening issues

Threats

Tampering
2 components with malware history
Malware
1 protestware dependencies found

INCIDENTS FOR THIS VERSION:

malware
4 months agoReported By: ReversingLabs (Automated)
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FAQ for Live Server

What is Live Server?

Launch a development local Server with live reload feature for static & dynamic pages. For more information about this package, visit its homepage.

Is Live Server malicious or is it safe to use?

The VS Code package Live Server was scanned for malware, software tampering, risky behaviors, exposed secrets and known vulnerabilities. Malware or tampering has been detected, making it unsafe to download and use. 4 other issues and risky behaviors were found. The package contains risks, and the analysis results should be reviewed before it is downloaded and used. Visit the Issues and Behaviors sections of the analysis for more details. All versions of the Live Server package were malicious.

Is Live Server popular?

The VS Code package Live Server is classified as a key project because of its widespread usage and impact. Live Server ranks among the top 10 projects in the VS Code community. It has 75M 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 Live Server once it is in my app?

Since we can't know when or where malicious attacks will happen, we recommend tracking how Live Server behaviors change over multiple software releases. By adopting differential analysis in your release process, you can detect unexpected changes to a Live Server 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.

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