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RubyGems maintainers pull packages
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Thursday, 22 August 2019 09:57

RubyGems maintainers pull packages


11 Ruby libraries had a backdoor

Maintainers of the RubyGems package repository have pulled 18 malicious versions of 11 Ruby libraries that contained a backdoor mechanism and were caught inserting code that launched hidden cryptocurrency mining operations inside other people's Ruby projects.