MAL-2026-3744 Malicious code in node-ipc (npm)

Three versions of node-ipc 9.1.6, 9.2.3, 12.0.1 were published to npm on May 14, 2026 by a compromised maintainer account atiertant. Each version contains an identical 80KB obfuscated payload appended to node-ipc.cjs that steals over 100 categories of sensitive files SSH keys, cloud provider...