MAL-2026-13955 Malicious code in mutex-forge (npm)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: amazon-inspector d3e6d6c8a6e7f9463fa8a07604b4699b1dba8415ee6759e3145b0cab183f4421 The package presents itself as a mutex/semaphore library but contains a hidden second-stage loader in lib/Mutex.js. When runExclusive is invoked with...

Malicious code in iconova-react (npm)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: amazon-inspector 4590534a7b05eb30959d9422e2ea700fb525b66b357a62f7ba1795caba4ad799 iconova-react is a re-hosted copy of lucide-react every icon file carries a @license lucide-react header; the package name is iconova-react but its...

Malicious code in ventrix-kit (npm)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: amazon-inspector 82b68f964850d0777c1f3993c52e3b66dc425b02ee82fb33bcd958514f730926 [email protected] ships a loader that, when the package's default getPlugin export is invoked, performs an HTTP request to the hardcoded endpoint...

MAL-2026-12494 Malicious code in ventrix-kit (npm)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: amazon-inspector 82b68f964850d0777c1f3993c52e3b66dc425b02ee82fb33bcd958514f730926 [email protected] ships a loader that, when the package's default getPlugin export is invoked, performs an HTTP request to the hardcoded endpoint...

MAL-2026-5935 Malicious code in tw-theme-kit (npm)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: amazon-inspector 0144b9ea6743e481e49885f6375a8aa990e9a20bfc5da1148b7df59a9370736c The published entrypoints dist/index.cjs and dist/runtime.cjs contain an injected IIFE that assigns global.r = require and global.m = module, tags th...

MAL-2026-5394 Malicious code in @sql-access/nodesql (npm)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: amazon-inspector 2acee7592879b9eab377fb8e97a1fa2949b298f4418d37fb963e157971638c90 @sql-access/[email protected] is a decoy package whose identity, README, and code do not match. The package name and keywords advertise SQL/Node...

Malicious code in @weirdorg/config (npm)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: amazon-inspector b28e2fe6ac03c8e426aeb69f62bf0b2bd4dfdb06a5acee273bb5967186c5504d @weirdorg/config impersonates the widely-used config node-config package, copying its README verbatim including the require'config' usage example. Th...

MAL-2026-2517 Malicious code in kraken-trader (PyPI)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: kam193 4bf5ec6e8a6020de1e122cf07f2dde0f02fa1a484ff984586db379729da75523 The package is a loader of malicious code disguised as remote "credits" code. The remote location, built from the parts in the code, delivers highly obfuscated...

GHSA-4F84-67CV-QRV3 A single post-release of dydx-v4-client contained obfuscated multi-stage loader

A PyPI user account compromised by an attacker and was able to upload a malicious version 1.1.5.post1 of the dydx-v4-client package. This version contains a highly obfuscated multi-stage loader that ultimately executes malicious code on the host system. While the final payload is not visible...

A single post-release of dydx-v4-client contained obfuscated multi-stage loader

A PyPI user account compromised by an attacker and was able toupload a malicious version 1.1.5.post1 of the dydx-v4-client package.This version contains a highly obfuscated multi-stage loaderthat ultimately executes malicious code on the host system.While the final payload is not visible because ...

CVE-2017-20201: Embedded Malicious Code

CCleaner v5.33.6162 and CCleaner Cloud v1.07.3191 32-bit builds contained a malicious pre-entry-point loader that diverts execution from scrtcommonmainseh into a custom loader. That loader decodes an embedded blob into shellcode, allocates executable heap memory, resolves Windows API functions at...

A Fresh Look at the Bumblebee’s Comeback Strategies

Summary: BumbleBee, a malicious loader discovered in March 2022, resurfaced in the cyber threat landscape on February 8, 2024, after a four-month hiatus. Unlike in previous campaigns, this attack chain diverges from conventional techniques. Threat Level - Amber | Attack Report For a detailed thre...

Coronavirus-Themed APT Attack Spreads Malware

An advanced persistent threat APT group is leveraging the coronavirus pandemic to infect victims with a previously unknown malware, in a recently discovered campaign that researchers call “Vicious Panda.” Researchers identified two suspicious Rich Text Format files RTF — a text file format used b...