MAL-2026-6543 Malicious code in express-initial (npm)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: amazon-inspector a8d292a4664135ed1869f907d62fb6472839ab54a59aedb2f3a88022a0c70095 package.json declares "postinstall": "node index.js", so npm install express-initial automatically runs the package's main script. index.js is heavil...

Malicious code in express-initial (npm)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: amazon-inspector a8d292a4664135ed1869f907d62fb6472839ab54a59aedb2f3a88022a0c70095 package.json declares "postinstall": "node index.js", so npm install express-initial automatically runs the package's main script. index.js is heavil...

Malicious Package

Overview express-initial is a malicious package. that installs "socket io" as a remote access trojan RAT, then fetch a second-stage payload 0001.dat from the same command-and-control C2 server and execute it. The C2 is linked to FAMOUS CHOLLIMA, a North Korean DPRK group behind the "Contagious...