google-news

Warn

Audited by Socket on Aug 14, 2026

1 alert found:

Anomaly
AnomalyLOW
SKILL.md

SUSPICIOUS. The skill is coherent as a paid third-party news API wrapper, but it routes data and credentials through fetcher.sh instead of official Google endpoints and adds agent-usable payment actions, including credits top-up and x402 crypto payment flow. No direct malware or remote installer behavior is present, but the intermediary data flow and autonomous spending capability raise medium security concerns.

Confidence: 85%Severity: 56%
Audit Metadata
Analyzed At
Aug 14, 2026, 07:23 PM
Package URL
pkg:socket/skills-sh/fetcher-sh%2Ffetcher-skills%2Fgoogle-news%2F@740c7dcaf092be3119d5e2bf8076ddf008f20cb166ec36227acc35a9c098e52a
Security Audit — socket — google-news