MAL-2026-6596 Malicious code in @digitalcnzz/embedded-sdk (npm)

This npm package is purpose-built malware that exfiltrates host information and environment secrets. It runs as a postinstall hook the keyword "postinstall" is obfuscated in the code and bails immediately if npmpackagename is unset, confirming it only fires during npm install. After a randomized...

Malicious code in chai-as-persisted (npm)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: amazon-inspector 5cf9c49450e0fa0d47be1b6ae27991f844868ff6c435d2082948b5feae862709 The package's postinstall script npm run smoke:pino executes index.js, which spawns a detached node lib/initializeCaller.js child. That module hides...

Malicious code in @appupdate/cdn-sync (npm)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: amazon-inspector 445a7b613694730e29915d732e3df0700d145622b279b62b0a141c76211e6f14 Package @appupdate/cdn-sync ships as a thin koffi wrapper around prebuilt Go cgo native libraries 12MB linux.so, 11MB darwin.dylib for x64/arm64. The...

MAL-2026-6487 Malicious code in velocityfix (npm)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: amazon-inspector c937a54c3629f80fb7b92fbdafda502706b6028b43bc4675eb30c55d9bc059e9 Package masquerades as 'Performance fixes for Minecraft Velocity proxy' authored by 'Velocity Team' — Velocity is a Java project from PaperMC and has...

New Gaslight macOS Malware Uses Prompt Injection to Disrupt AI-Assisted Analysis

A previously undocumented Rust-based macOS implant and information stealer has been found to embed a prompt injection payload designed to trick a malware analyst's artificial intelligence AI tools and trick it into aborting or refusing an analysis of the artifact. The malware has been codenamed...

Malicious code in react-check-error (npm)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: amazon-inspector d89ef9716015743217a9492f4b4469459da701a1b6198851f1527033f1e5c9ae On require, index.js invokes initMsgCache at module top level. The function derives an AES-256-CBC key, IV, and ciphertext from a hardcoded 161-byte...

Malicious code in security-alerts-sdk (PyPI)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: amazon-inspector 8f881805b709189d00bc52dc57c407bfecdae44fb343f92634a301c31525f6b0 Despite advertising itself as a breach-monitoring SDK, this package executes a remote-access trojan and credential harvester against any installer th...

Malicious code in @ts-apis/ts-utils (npm)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: amazon-inspector eccf08a9ba188be941f42f0b088d51fc5b1e84802fe9bd1d1218a6b71a6e2c11 The published tarball's dist/index.js contains an obfuscated payload that runs at require time inside a setTimeout-wrapped IIFE, completely unrelated...

MAL-2026-6275 Malicious code in @ts-apis/ts-utils (npm)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: amazon-inspector eccf08a9ba188be941f42f0b088d51fc5b1e84802fe9bd1d1218a6b71a6e2c11 The published tarball's dist/index.js contains an obfuscated payload that runs at require time inside a setTimeout-wrapped IIFE, completely unrelated...

MAL-2026-6271 Malicious code in node-fetch-utils (npm)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: amazon-inspector 78aef0d64a7d761d2987d27aea462083425e5692475cd81332b7a3152c754308 On Windows, scripts/postinstall.js XOR-decodes a hardcoded C2 host node22.lunes.host:3258, authenticates with a 5-minute rolling HMAC-SHA256 token,...

Malicious code in forge-jsx4 (npm)

forge-jsx4 is a remote access trojan RAT published to the public npm registry by the account rafaelsilva [email protected]. Versions 1.0.122 and 1.0.123 were published on June 21-22, 2026 as a reconstitution of the forge-jsx / forge-jsxy campaign, reusing the same command-and-control...

MAL-2026-6279 Malicious code in forge-jsx4 (npm)

forge-jsx4 is a remote access trojan RAT published to the public npm registry by the account rafaelsilva [email protected]. Versions 1.0.122 and 1.0.123 were published on June 21-22, 2026 as a reconstitution of the forge-jsx / forge-jsxy campaign, reusing the same command-and-control...

Microsoft Details Windows Clipper Malware Campaign Using USB LNK Worm and Tor-Based C2

Microsoft has disclosed details of a Windows-based cryptocurrency clipper campaign codenamed CryptoBandits that has targeted users since February 2026 with clipboard-intercepting malware with self-spreading capabilities and using the Tor anonymity network to hide communication. "The clipper in th...

DragonForce Hackers Abuse Microsoft Teams Relays to Hide Backdoor.Turn C2 Traffic

Threat actors associated with the DragonForce ransomware have been observed using a custom Go-based remote access trojan RAT called Backdoor.Turn to conceal command-and-control C2 traffic inside Microsoft Teams relay infrastructure. According to findings from Broadcom-owned Symantec and Carbon...

MAL-2026-6176 Malicious code in request-tracking-sqlite (npm)

The npm package request-tracking-sqlite published by npm user sproger, [email protected] is a deceptive React Native component and part of a coordinated 37-package campaign across two attacker-controlled domains surrprisingcoompanny.lol and barbellmate.xyz. On component mount it registers...

Malicious code in redis-type-xyz (npm)

The redis-type-xyz package is an empty impersonation of Redis OM. It copies the redis-om-node repository, homepage, author, documentation, and declared dist/index.js entry point, but the published archive does not contain the declared dist directory or any usable implementation. Its dependency li...

MAL-2026-11205 Malicious code in redis-type-xyz (npm)

The redis-type-xyz package is an empty impersonation of Redis OM. It copies the redis-om-node repository, homepage, author, documentation, and declared dist/index.js entry point, but the published archive does not contain the declared dist directory or any usable implementation. Its dependency li...

MAL-2026-5892 Malicious code in caspian-day-js (npm)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: amazon-inspector 895fe8e087ec7af36d61e8a6972f484e70bc1b828374ae83cef9ff4a927f7b55 caspian-day-js impersonates the popular dayjs package: package.json copies author iamkun, homepage day.js.org, and repo github.com/iamkun/dayjs.git,...

China-Linked SprySOCKS Backdoor Expands to Windows with Driver-Based Stealth

Cybersecurity researchers have flagged two previously undocumented Windows variants of what was believed to be a Linux-only backdoor called SprySOCKS. "The Windows variants discovered are internally marked as WINDRV and WINPLUS," ESET said in a report shared with The Hacker News. "Both come with ...

Malicious code in lab-helper (npm)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: amazon-inspector 9bbde4e4075983db0c5aba255bc29f84fb2536681b13e8289412cce5c3ee7a2e On npm install, the package's postinstall hook runs seccheck.js, which enumerates the host's network interfaces and proceeds only if an IPv4 address...