ossf/malicious-packages
Jan 2025 – May 2025
3 Months active
Languages Used
JSONJavaScriptPythonShellTextGo
Technical Skills
Backend DevelopmentData AnalysisData CurationData ManagementData ReportingMalware Analysis
Paul McCarty
PROFILE
Paul Mccarty
Worked on the ossf/malicious-packages repository to expand and refine npm package reporting, focusing on both malicious and legitimate packages to improve risk visibility and incident response. Developed end-to-end reporting pipelines using Python, JavaScript, and Go, integrating new data sources and batch processing for scalable coverage. Enhanced detection and triage by implementing structured reports and supporting multi-package analysis, enabling faster remediation and governance decisions. Delivered features such as Supera-based malicious package reporting and test artifacts to validate detection workflows. Maintained strong commit hygiene and documentation, contributing to a more secure package ecosystem through robust backend development, data analysis, and security research.
Overall Statistics
Feature vs Bugs
92%Features
Repository Contributions
57Total
Bugs
1
Commits
57
Features
12
Lines of code
5,199
Activity Months3
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19 peopleShared Repositories
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Work History
May 2025
1 Commits • 1 Features
May 1, 2025May 2025 monthly summary: Delivered the Malicious npm package reporting (Supera) feature for ossf/malicious-packages, enhancing detection, documentation, and response readiness for the secure package ecosystem. No major bugs fixed this month; focus was on feature delivery and knowledge transfer to security teams.
1 Commits • 1 Features
May 1, 2025May 2025 monthly summary: Delivered the Malicious npm package reporting (Supera) feature for ossf/malicious-packages, enhancing detection, documentation, and response readiness for the secure package ecosystem. No major bugs fixed this month; focus was on feature delivery and knowledge transfer to security teams.
May 2025
February 2025
24 Commits • 6 Features
Feb 1, 2025February 2025 (2025-02) monthly summary for ossf/malicious-packages: Delivered new reporting capabilities across npm packages, expanding visibility and risk scoring. Implemented reports for actiris npm package, hotmart npm package, and sigma-payment npm package, enabling targeted risk assessments for these vendors. Significantly broadened malicious npm packages coverage with a large set of reports and reporting-generation tasks, improving monitoring coverage and detection fidelity. Added test artifact Zzmaliciouspackage to validate end-to-end detection pipelines. No explicit bug fixes were logged in the provided data; the focus was on feature delivery, coverage expansion, and pipeline robustness. Technologies demonstrated: Node.js/TypeScript-based reporting engine, batch processing, repository-driven feature delivery, and cross-package collaboration. Business value: improved risk visibility for customers, faster response to suspicious packages, and scalable reporting across multiple packages.
February 2025
24 Commits • 6 Features
Feb 1, 2025February 2025 (2025-02) monthly summary for ossf/malicious-packages: Delivered new reporting capabilities across npm packages, expanding visibility and risk scoring. Implemented reports for actiris npm package, hotmart npm package, and sigma-payment npm package, enabling targeted risk assessments for these vendors. Significantly broadened malicious npm packages coverage with a large set of reports and reporting-generation tasks, improving monitoring coverage and detection fidelity. Added test artifact Zzmaliciouspackage to validate end-to-end detection pipelines. No explicit bug fixes were logged in the provided data; the focus was on feature delivery, coverage expansion, and pipeline robustness. Technologies demonstrated: Node.js/TypeScript-based reporting engine, batch processing, repository-driven feature delivery, and cross-package collaboration. Business value: improved risk visibility for customers, faster response to suspicious packages, and scalable reporting across multiple packages.
January 2025
32 Commits • 5 Features
Jan 1, 2025January 2025 (2025-01) Monthly summary for ossf/malicious-packages focused on expanding npm package reporting coverage, accelerating risk triage, and stabilizing release artifacts. Key business value delivered this month includes broader visibility into risk across both malicious and legitimate npm packages, enabling faster decision making for remediation, governance, and security operations.
32 Commits • 5 Features
Jan 1, 2025January 2025 (2025-01) Monthly summary for ossf/malicious-packages focused on expanding npm package reporting coverage, accelerating risk triage, and stabilizing release artifacts. Key business value delivered this month includes broader visibility into risk across both malicious and legitimate npm packages, enabling faster decision making for remediation, governance, and security operations.
January 2025
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Quality Metrics
Correctness88.4%
Maintainability88.0%
Architecture87.0%
Performance86.6%
AI Usage20.0%
Skills & Technologies
Programming Languages
GoJSONJavaScriptPythonShellText
Technical Skills
Backend DevelopmentData AnalysisData CurationData ManagementData ReportingMalware AnalysisMalware DetectionMalware ResearchNPM Package AnalysisNPM Package AuditingPackage AnalysisPackage AuditingPackage ManagementPackage ReportingReporting
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