01Malicious Updates
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A hacker takes over an innocent, popular NPM package and releases a new Patch version that contains crypto-mining malware. If your package.json uses ^1.0.0, your CI/CD server will automatically download the malware on the next build. This is why strict lockfiles (npm ci) and dependency scanning tools (Dependabot, Snyk) are mandatory in professional environments.
