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Popular JavaScript library expr-eval vulnerable to RCE flaw
A critical vulnerability in the popular expr-eval JavaScript library, with over 800,000 weekly downloads on NPM, can be exploited to execute code remotely through maliciously crafted input. The security issue was discovered by security researcher Jangwoo Choe and is tracked as CVE-2025-12735. According to the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), the severity rating is critical, with a […]
Malicious NPM packages fetch infostealer for Windows, Linux, macOS
Ten malicious packages mimicking legitimate software projects in the npm registry download an information-stealing component that collects sensitive data from Windows, Linux, and macOS systems. The packages were uploaded to npm on July 4, and remained undetected for a long period due to multiple layers of obfuscation that helped escape standard static analysis mechanisms. According to researchers at […]
PhantomRaven attack floods npm with credential-stealing packages
An active campaign named ‘PhantomRaven’ is targeting developers with dozens of malicious npm packages that steal authentication tokens, CI/CD secrets, and GitHub credentials. The activity started in August and deployed 126 npm packages that counted more than 86,000 downloads. The Node Package Manager (NPM) is the default package manager for Node.js, used by JavaScript developers […]
Unofficial Postmark MCP npm silently stole users’ emails
A npm package copying the official ‘postmark-mcp’ project on GitHub turned bad with the latest update that added a single line of code to exfiltrate all its users’ email communication. Published by a legitimate-looking developer, the malicious package was a perfect replica of the authentic one in terms of code and description, appearing as an official port […]
GitHub tightens npm security with mandatory 2FA, access tokens
GitHub is introducing a set of defenses against supply-chain attacks on the platform that led to multiple large-scale incidents recently. Notable cyberattacks that started from compromising GitHub repositories and then spread to NPM include the “s1ngularity” attack in late August, the “GhostAction” campaign in early September, and the worm-style campaign dubbed “Shai-Hulud” from last week. The […]
NPM package caught using QR Code to fetch cookie-stealing malware
Newly discovered npm package ‘fezbox’ employs QR codes to retrieve cookie-stealing malware from the threat actor’s server. The package, masquerading as a utility library, leverages this innovative steganographic technique to harvest sensitive data, such as user credentials, from a compromised machine. QR codes find yet another use case While 2D barcodes like QR codes have conventionally been designed […]
Self-propagating supply chain attack hits 187 npm packages
Security researchers have identified at least 187 npm packages compromised in an ongoing supply chain attack, with a malicious self-propagating payload to infect other packages. The coordinated worm-style campaign dubbed ‘Shai-Hulud’ started yesterday with the compromise of the @ctrl/tinycolor npm package, which receives over 2 million weekly downloads. Since then, the campaign has expanded significantly and now includes packages […]
Hackers left empty-handed after massive NPM supply-chain attack
The largest supply-chain compromise in the history of the NPM ecosystem has impacted roughly 10% of all cloud environments, but the attacker made little profit off it. The attack occurred earlier this week after maintainer Josh Junon (qix) fell for a password reset phishing lure and compromised multiple highly popular NPM packages, among them chalk and degub-js, that cumulatively have more than 2.6 billion weekly downloads. […]
Hackers hijack npm packages with 2 billion weekly downloads in supply chain attack
In a supply chain attack, attackers injected malware into NPM packages with over 2.6 billion weekly downloads after compromising a maintainer’s account in a phishing attack. Josh Junon (qix), the package maintainer whose accounts were hijacked in this supply-chain attack, confirmed the incident earlier today, stating that he was aware of the compromise and adding that the phishing email […]
AI-powered malware hit 2,180 GitHub accounts in “s1ngularity” attack
Investigations into the Nx “s1ngularity” NPM supply chain attack have unveiled a massive fallout, with thousands of account tokens and repository secrets leaked. According to a post-incident evaluation by Wiz researchers, the Nx compromise has resulted in the exposure of 2,180 accounts and 7,200 repositories across three distinct phases. Wiz also stressed that the incident’s scope […]