Edit: It seems that the blog post and the thesis caused quite some interest. Please contact me under the following mail address: admin [|[at]|] incolumitas [[|dot|]] com In this blog post, it is demonstrated how 17000 computers were forced to execute arbitrary code by typosquatting programming language packages/libraries 50% of these installations were conducted with administrative rights Even highly security aware institutions (.gov and .mil hosts) fell victim to this attack a typosquatting ...| incolumitas.com