Axios NPM supply chain incident

Cisco Talos is actively investigating the March 31, 2026 supply chain attack on the official Axios node package manager npm package during which two malicious versions v1.14.1 and v0.30.4 were deployed. Axios is one of the more popular JavaScript libraries with as many as 100 million downloads pe...

Malicious code in mgc (npm)

Package fetches platform-specific stage-2 payloads from a GitHub Gist. The stage-2 payloads are full Remote Access Trojans RATs for Linux Python and Windows PowerShell that beacon to a C2 server, exfiltrate system information, enumerate directories, execute arbitrary commands, and support binary...

HTTPS Fetch, Windows Reverse HTTP Stager (winhttp)

Fetch and execute an x86 payload from an HTTPS server. Tunnel communication over HTTP Windows winhttp Module Options msf use payload/cmd/windows/https/x86/vncinject/reversewinhttp msf payloadreversewinhttp show actions ...actions... msf payloadreversewinhttp set ACTION msf payloadreversewinhttp...

HTTPS Fetch, Windows Upload/Execute, Bind TCP Stager (No NX or Win7)

Fetch and execute an x86 payload from an HTTPS server. Uploads an executable and runs it staged. Listen for a connection No NX Module Options msf use payload/cmd/windows/https/x86/upexec/bindnonxtcp msf payloadbindnonxtcp show actions ...actions... msf payloadbindnonxtcp set ACTION msf...

HTTPS Fetch, Windows Upload/Execute, Reverse Ordinal TCP Stager (No NX or Win7)

Fetch and execute an x86 payload from an HTTPS server. Uploads an executable and runs it staged. Connect back to the attacker Module Options msf use payload/cmd/windows/https/x86/upexec/reverseordtcp msf payloadreverseordtcp show actions ...actions... msf payloadreverseordtcp set ACTION msf...

HTTPS Fetch, Windows Command Shell, Bind TCP Inline

Fetch and execute an x86 payload from an HTTPS server. Listen for a connection and spawn a command shell Module Options msf use payload/cmd/windows/https/x86/shellbindtcp msf payloadshellbindtcp show actions ...actions... msf payloadshellbindtcp set ACTION msf payloadshellbindtcp show options...

HTTPS Fetch, Reverse Ordinal TCP Stager (No NX or Win7)

Fetch and execute an x86 payload from an HTTPS server. Connect back to the attacker Module Options msf use payload/cmd/windows/https/x86/peinject/reverseordtcp msf payloadreverseordtcp show actions ...actions... msf payloadreverseordtcp set ACTION msf payloadreverseordtcp show options ...show and...

HTTPS Fetch, Windows Upload/Execute, Reverse TCP Stager

Fetch and execute an x86 payload from an HTTPS server. Uploads an executable and runs it staged. Connect back to the attacker Module Options msf use payload/cmd/windows/https/x86/upexec/reversetcp msf payloadreversetcp show actions ...actions... msf payloadreversetcp set ACTION msf...

HTTPS Fetch, Windows Upload/Execute, Bind TCP Stager with UUID Support (Windows x86)

Fetch and execute an x86 payload from an HTTPS server. Uploads an executable and runs it staged. Listen for a connection with UUID Support Windows x86 Module Options msf use payload/cmd/windows/https/x86/upexec/bindtcpuuid msf payloadbindtcpuuid show actions ...actions... msf payloadbindtcpuuid s...

HTTPS Fetch, Reverse TCP Stager (RC4 Stage Encryption, Metasm)

Fetch and execute an x86 payload from an HTTPS server. Connect back to the attacker Module Options msf use payload/cmd/windows/https/x86/peinject/reversetcprc4 msf payloadreversetcprc4 show actions ...actions... msf payloadreversetcprc4 set ACTION msf payloadreversetcprc4 show options ...show and...

HTTPS Fetch, Windows Command Shell, Windows x86 Bind Named Pipe Stager

Fetch and execute an x86 payload from an HTTPS server. Spawn a piped command shell staged. Listen for a pipe connection Windows x86 Module Options msf use payload/cmd/windows/https/x86/shell/bindnamedpipe msf payloadbindnamedpipe show actions ...actions... msf payloadbindnamedpipe set ACTION msf...

HTTPS Fetch, Windows Upload/Execute, Reverse All-Port TCP Stager

Fetch and execute an x86 payload from an HTTPS server. Uploads an executable and runs it staged. Try to connect back to the attacker, on all possible ports 1-65535, slowly Module Options msf use payload/cmd/windows/https/x86/upexec/reversetcpallports msf payloadreversetcpallports show actions...

HTTPS Fetch, Reverse Ordinal TCP Stager (No NX or Win7)

Fetch and execute an x86 payload from an HTTPS server. Connect back to the attacker Module Options msf use payload/cmd/windows/https/x86/vncinject/reverseordtcp msf payloadreverseordtcp show actions ...actions... msf payloadreverseordtcp set ACTION msf payloadreverseordtcp show options ...show an...

HTTPS Fetch, Windows Upload/Execute, Reverse TCP Stager (RC4 Stage Encryption DNS, Metasm)

Fetch and execute an x86 payload from an HTTPS server. Uploads an executable and runs it staged. Connect back to the attacker Module Options msf use payload/cmd/windows/https/x86/upexec/reversetcprc4dns msf payloadreversetcprc4dns show actions ...actions... msf payloadreversetcprc4dns set ACTION...

HTTPS Fetch, Windows Upload/Execute, Windows x86 Bind Named Pipe Stager

Fetch and execute an x86 payload from an HTTPS server. Uploads an executable and runs it staged. Listen for a pipe connection Windows x86 Module Options msf use payload/cmd/windows/https/x86/upexec/bindnamedpipe msf payloadbindnamedpipe show actions ...actions... msf payloadbindnamedpipe set ACTI...

HTTPS Fetch, Bind TCP Stager (RC4 Stage Encryption, Metasm)

Fetch and execute an x86 payload from an HTTPS server. Listen for a connection Module Options msf use payload/cmd/windows/https/x86/peinject/bindtcprc4 msf payloadbindtcprc4 show actions ...actions... msf payloadbindtcprc4 set ACTION msf payloadbindtcprc4 show options ...show and set options... m...

HTTPS Fetch, Windows Upload/Execute, Bind IPv6 TCP Stager (Windows x86)

Fetch and execute an x86 payload from an HTTPS server. Uploads an executable and runs it staged. Listen for an IPv6 connection Windows x86 Module Options msf use payload/cmd/windows/https/x86/upexec/bindipv6tcp msf payloadbindipv6tcp show actions ...actions... msf payloadbindipv6tcp set ACTION ms...

HTTPS Fetch, Windows Command Shell, Reverse Ordinal TCP Stager (No NX or Win7)

Fetch and execute an x86 payload from an HTTPS server. Spawn a piped command shell staged. Connect back to the attacker Module Options msf use payload/cmd/windows/https/x86/shell/reverseordtcp msf payloadreverseordtcp show actions ...actions... msf payloadreverseordtcp set ACTION msf...

HTTPS Fetch, Windows x86 Pingback, Bind TCP Inline

Fetch and execute an x86 payload from an HTTPS server. Open a socket and report UUID when a connection is received Windows x86 Module Options msf use payload/cmd/windows/https/x86/pingbackbindtcp msf payloadpingbackbindtcp show actions ...actions... msf payloadpingbackbindtcp set ACTION msf...

HTTPS Fetch, Windows Command Shell, Bind TCP Stager (RC4 Stage Encryption, Metasm)

Fetch and execute an x86 payload from an HTTPS server. Spawn a piped command shell staged. Listen for a connection Module Options msf use payload/cmd/windows/https/x86/shell/bindtcprc4 msf payloadbindtcprc4 show actions ...actions... msf payloadbindtcprc4 set ACTION msf payloadbindtcprc4 show...