Packagist Supply Chain Attack Infects 8 Packages Using GitHub-Hosted Linux Malware

A new "coordinated" supply chain attack campaign has impacted eight packages on Packagist including malicious code designed to run a Linux binary retrieved from a GitHub Releases URL. "Although the affected packages were all Composer packages, the malicious code was not added to composer.json,"...

Cross-Ecosystem Vulnerability Analysis for Python Applications

Python applications depend on native libraries that may be vendored within package distributions or installed on the host system. When vulnerabilities are discovered in these libraries, determining which Python packages are affected requires cross-ecosystem analysis spanning Python dependency...

Backdoors in Python and NPM Packages Target Windows and Linux

Checkmarx uncovers cross-ecosystem attack: fake Python and NPM packages plant backdoor on Windows and Linux, enabling data theft plus remote control...