AWS inspector medium security documentation change

Service: inspector · 2026-01-19 · Security-related medium

File: inspector/latest/user/doc-history.md

Summary

Updated malicious package statistics and replaced package list with new detections

Security assessment

The change documents new malicious packages identified by Amazon Inspector (e.g., sparkling-router, spire.officejs-externs). This provides actionable security intelligence about current threats. The updated statistics (275 new packages this month) demonstrate ongoing security monitoring.

Diff

diff --git a/inspector/latest/user/doc-history.md b/inspector/latest/user/doc-history.md
index bcb3f4bc9..e635ba4cf 100644
--- a//inspector/latest/user/doc-history.md
+++ b//inspector/latest/user/doc-history.md
@@ -103 +103 @@ Amazon Inspector continuously monitors and identifies malicious packages from th
-**Latest Update:** 2026-01-02 22:30:00 UTC 
+**Latest Update:** 2026-01-16 12:00:00 UTC 
@@ -107 +107 @@ Amazon Inspector continuously monitors and identifies malicious packages from th
-  * **Lifetime Total:** 191,142 malicious packages identified
+  * **Lifetime Total:** 191,402 malicious packages identified
@@ -109 +109 @@ Amazon Inspector continuously monitors and identifies malicious packages from th
-  * **This Month:** 21 new malicious packages identified
+  * **This Month:** 275 new malicious packages identified
@@ -111 +111 @@ Amazon Inspector continuously monitors and identifies malicious packages from th
-  * **Last Month:** 1,090 new malicious packages identified
+  * **Last Month:** 1,096 new malicious packages identified
@@ -113 +113 @@ Amazon Inspector continuously monitors and identifies malicious packages from th
-  * **This Week:** 65 new malicious packages identified
+  * **This Week:** 110 new malicious packages identified
@@ -115 +115 @@ Amazon Inspector continuously monitors and identifies malicious packages from th
-  * **Last Week:** 215 new malicious packages identified
+  * **Last Week:** 142 new malicious packages identified
@@ -124,10 +124,10 @@ Package Name | MAL-ID | Detection Date
-usaa-authentication-mocks | MAL-2026-25 | 2026-01-02  
-tickncook-robot | MAL-2026-24 | 2026-01-02  
-showdownxss | MAL-2026-23 | 2026-01-02  
-pkg1bate5apg1 | MAL-2026-22 | 2026-01-02  
-orchestration-node-common-errors | MAL-2026-21 | 2026-01-02  
-kid-api | MAL-2026-20 | 2026-01-02  
-jest-config-ibm-cloud-cognitive | MAL-2026-19 | 2026-01-02  
-initializers | MAL-2026-18 | 2026-01-02  
-identity-emitter | MAL-2026-17 | 2026-01-02  
-fix-cc-raiesy | MAL-2026-16 | 2026-01-02  
+sparkling-router | MAL-2026-311 | 2026-01-15  
+spire.officejs-externs | MAL-2026-312 | 2026-01-15  
+spire.officejs-fonts | MAL-2026-313 | 2026-01-15  
+styled-system-old | MAL-2026-314 | 2026-01-15  
+tailwind-merge-v2 | MAL-2026-315 | 2026-01-15  
+tailwind-merge-v3 | MAL-2026-316 | 2026-01-15  
+textual-sorter-lib | MAL-2026-317 | 2026-01-15  
+victim-package-a | MAL-2026-318 | 2026-01-15  
+vue_frontend_rpc | MAL-2026-319 | 2026-01-15  
+zis-common-lib | MAL-2026-320 | 2026-01-15