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Hackers backdoor Jscrambler npm package with infostealer malware
The Jscrambler client-side web security company disclosed that a threat actor published a malicious version of its npm package that has been downloaded almost 1,500 times. The malicious Jscrambler package spanned releases 8.14, 8.16, 8.17, and 8.20 and included information-stealing malware that executed during the ‘preinstall’ hook. “Today, we identified the unauthorized publication of a […]
Injective SDK on npm infected with cryptocurrency wallet stealer
Hackers compromised the Injective Labs SDK project’s GitHub repository and used it to publish a malicious package on the Node Package Manager (npm) that stole cryptocurrency wallet private keys and mnemonic seed phrases. Application security companies Socket, Ox Security, and StepSecurity detected the supply-chain attack via version 1.20.21 of the @injectivelabs/sdk-ts npm package. Injective SDK […]
Fake Paysafe, Skrill SDKs on NPM and PyPi steal credentials
Malicious packages on the Node Package Manager (npm) and the Python Package Index (PyPI) delivered stealer malware to developers and users of Paysafe, Skrill, and Neteller payment applications. The threat actor published at least 17 malicious packages simultaneously, each tasked to exfiltrate credentials and access tokens to a command-and-control server hosted on Amazon Web Services (AWS). […]
Microsoft links Mastra AI supply chain attack to North Korean hackers
Microsoft has attributed a recent Mastra AI supply chain attack that compromised more than 140 npm packages to the North Korean hacking group Sapphire Sleet, also known as BlueNoroff. This attribution comes after Microsoft first disclosed earlier this week that attackers hijacked an npm maintainer account and used it to publish malicious package updates. “Microsoft […]
GitHub announces npm security changes to tackle supply-chain attacks
GitHub has announced that npm v12, expected next month, will introduce several security-focused changes aimed at blocking supply-chain attacks abusing behaviors triggered by the ‘npm install’ command. ‘npm install’ is the command used to download and install a project’s dependencies and run any install-related scripts defined by the packages. Developers execute it after cloning a […]
New IronWorm malware hits 36 packages in npm supply-chain attack
A new supply-chain attack has infected 36 packages on the Node Package Manager (npm) index with infostealer malware called IronWorm. The malware targets 86 environment variables (key-value pairs) and 20 credential files that may contain OpenAI, AWS, Anthropic, and npm credentials, vault configuration files, SSH keys, and Exodus cryptocurrency wallet files. According to researchers at […]
Red Hat npm packages compromised to steal developer credentials
More than 30 npm packages under Red Hat’s ‘@redhat-cloud-services’ namespace were compromised in a supply-chain attack that distributed a new variant of the Shai-Hulud credential-stealing malware, dubbed “Miasma.” The incident was discovered by security firms Aikido and OX Security, which found dozens of package versions backdoored with malware designed to steal developer credentials, cloud secrets, SSH keys, CI/CD tokens, […]
GitHub links repo breach to TanStack npm supply-chain attack
GitHub says the hackers who breached 3,800 internal repositories gained access via a malicious version of the Nx Console VS Code extension, compromised in last week’s TanStack npm supply-chain attack. This attack is attributed to the TeamPCP threat group and began with the compromise of dozens of TanStack and Mistral AI npm packages, then quickly extended to other […]
New Shai-Hulud malware wave compromises 600 npm packages
Threat actors earlier today published more than 600 malicious packages to the Node Package Manager (npm) index as part of a new Shai-Hulud supply-chain campaign. Most of the affected packages are in the @antv ecosystem, which includes libraries for charting, graph visualization, building flowcharts, and mapping. However, popular packages outside this namespace have also been […]
Leaked Shai-Hulud malware fuels new npm infostealer campaign
The Shai-Hulud malware leaked last week is now used in new attacks on the Node Package Manager (npm) index, as infected packages emerged over the weekend. A threat actor using the account deadcode09284814 published four malicious packages on npm and embedded one of them with a non-obfuscated version of Shai-Hulud that targeted developer credentials, secrets, cryptocurrency wallet data, and […]