Recently identified npm packages called “node-request-ip“, “request-ip-check” and “request-ip-validator” impersonate handy open source utilities relied upon by developers to retrieve an external IP address but instead target Windows, Linux and macOS users with malicious executables which are trojans and cryptocurrency stealers.

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​Recently identified npm packages called “node-request-ip”, “request-ip-check” and “request-ip-validator” impersonate handy open source utilities relied upon by developers to retrieve an external IP address but instead target Windows, Linux and macOS users with malicious executables which are trojans and cryptocurrency stealers.

Article Link: Fake IP checker utilities on npm are crypto stealers
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