Show HN: Computer Police – block malicious NPM/pip installs locally

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1 points | by kannthu 4 hours ago ago

2 comments

  • hootz 4 hours ago

    Interesting. How long does it usually take for an attack to be identified and catalogued at OSV? Should this be used together with minimum release date?

    • kannthu 3 hours ago

      I don't have the exact number for you, but what I observed was that it took a couple of hours for npm to remove some of the packages this week, even though an advisory was published

      + To be clear, this tool does not solve the problem if you are one of the first people to get infected; it minimizes your chance if you are the N-th person