Typosquatted npm packages used to steal cloud and CI/CD secrets

In this article 1. Attack chain overview 1. The lure: typosquats and spoofed metadata 2. Execution: npm lifecycle hook abuse 3. Gen-1 stager: HTTP C2 beacon and payload drop 4. Gen-2 stager: abusing the legitimate Bun runtime as a loader 5. Credential theft 6. Impact and blast radius 2. Mitigatio...

MAL-2026-4465 Malicious code in @web-3d-tool/sdk (npm)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: amazon-inspector a1e96a726cf0732113215b2026a7a59fc6bf471f86d34153fea3a0e32b275fb5 @web-3d-tool/sdk is a near-empty package trivial 35-byte index.js, empty author/description metadata whose only effect on install is to pull in a...

MAL-2026-4494 Malicious code in axois-utils (npm)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: amazon-inspector 48eb1a16cb7cac016f30a49f81d472b9b4e02236b97c5daaea4446b74e6aa069 The package name is a single-character transposition of axios. package.json declares preinstall, install, and postinstall hooks all pointing at...

48 Malicious npm Packages Found Deploying Reverse Shells on Developer Systems

A new set of 48 malicious npm packages have been discovered in the npm repository with capabilities to deploy a reverse shell on compromised systems. "These packages, deceptively named to appear legitimate, contained obfuscated JavaScript designed to initiate a reverse shell on package install,"...

GHSA-C52F-PQ47-2R9J plugin.yaml file allows for duplicate entries in helm

Impact During a security audit of Helm's code base, Helm maintainers identified a bug in which a Helm plugin can contain duplicates of the same entry, with the last one always used. If a plugin is compromised, this lowers the level of access that an attacker needs to modify a plugin's install...

CVE-2020-15187

In Helm before versions 2.16.11 and 3.3.2, a Helm plugin can contain duplicates of the same entry, with the last one always used. If a plugin is compromised, this lowers the level of access that an attacker needs to modify a plugin's install hooks, causing a local execution attack. To perform thi...