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AWS inspector medium security documentation change

Service: inspector · 2026-04-25 · Security-related medium

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

Summary

Updated Amazon Inspector malicious package detection statistics with new date (2026-04-24), increased counts (lifetime total: 193,501, this month: 492, this week: 80, last week: 288), and replaced the list of recent malicious packages with new detections from April 23-24, 2026.

Security assessment

This change documents ongoing security threat intelligence by updating statistics and specific examples of malicious packages detected by Amazon Inspector. The inclusion of specific package names like '@bitwarden/cli', 'hls.js', and 'microsoft-employee-experience' that have been flagged as malicious (MAL-2026-3020, MAL-2026-3019, MAL-2026-3018) provides concrete evidence of active security threats being addressed. This is security-related documentation that helps users understand current threats.

Diff

diff --git a/inspector/latest/user/doc-history.md b/inspector/latest/user/doc-history.md
index 1af76e5d4..4c43eff00 100644
--- a//inspector/latest/user/doc-history.md
+++ b//inspector/latest/user/doc-history.md
@@ -114 +114 @@ Amazon Inspector continuously monitors and identifies malicious packages from th
-**Latest Update:** 2026-04-07 12:00:00 UTC 
+**Latest Update:** 2026-04-24 16:00:00 UTC 
@@ -118 +118 @@ Amazon Inspector continuously monitors and identifies malicious packages from th
-  * **Lifetime Total:** 193,090 malicious packages identified
+  * **Lifetime Total:** 193,501 malicious packages identified
@@ -120 +120 @@ Amazon Inspector continuously monitors and identifies malicious packages from th
-  * **This Month:** 81 new malicious packages identified
+  * **This Month:** 492 new malicious packages identified
@@ -124 +124 @@ Amazon Inspector continuously monitors and identifies malicious packages from th
-  * **This Week:** 18 new malicious packages identified
+  * **This Week:** 80 new malicious packages identified
@@ -126 +126 @@ Amazon Inspector continuously monitors and identifies malicious packages from th
-  * **Last Week:** 85 new malicious packages identified
+  * **Last Week:** 288 new malicious packages identified
@@ -135,10 +135,10 @@ Package Name | MAL-ID | Detection Date
-totally-safe-util | MAL-2026-2500 | 2026-04-06  
-nerite-security-audit | MAL-2026-2499 | 2026-04-06  
-df-sandbox-test | MAL-2026-2498 | 2026-04-06  
-commerce-utils | MAL-2026-2497 | 2026-04-06  
-chess-sec-ssrf1 | MAL-2026-2496 | 2026-04-06  
-cloudera | MAL-2026-2495 | 2026-04-05  
-cloudera-poc | MAL-2026-2493 | 2026-04-05  
-admin0911 | MAL-2026-2492 | 2026-04-05  
-@not-nemo/crypto-tracker | MAL-2026-2491 | 2026-04-05  
-strapi-plugin-sitemap-gen | MAL-2026-2484 | 2026-04-03  
+eth-logger | MAL-2026-3029 | 2026-04-23  
+amplitude-ma-ts | MAL-2026-3028 | 2026-04-24  
+wrapped-logger-utils | MAL-2026-3027 | 2026-04-24  
+sagat-core | MAL-2026-3026 | 2026-04-24  
+next-rwa | MAL-2026-3025 | 2026-04-24  
+auth0-ui-components-docs | MAL-2026-3024 | 2026-04-24  
+lightspark-js | MAL-2026-3021 | 2026-04-23  
+@bitwarden/cli | MAL-2026-3020 | 2026-04-23  
+hls.js | MAL-2026-3019 | 2026-04-23  
+microsoft-employee-experience | MAL-2026-3018 | 2026-04-23