MAL-2026-11001 Malicious code in date-format-utils-xz (npm)

The npm package date-format-utils-xz masquerades as a date-formatting utility but is malicious. Its own decoy index.js is prefaced with a Chinese comment translating to "disguised as a normal date formatting tool." Every published version 1.0.0-1.0.4 declares a postinstall lifecycle hook...

Malicious code in date-format-utils-xz (npm)

The npm package date-format-utils-xz masquerades as a date-formatting utility but is malicious. Its own decoy index.js is prefaced with a Chinese comment translating to "disguised as a normal date formatting tool." Every published version 1.0.0-1.0.4 declares a postinstall lifecycle hook...