Malicious Package

Overview node-sysmetrics is a malicious package. This package contains malicious code, and its content was removed from the official package manager. While this package might be attempting to impersonate a valid organization, there is no connection between that organization and this package...

Malicious code in node-sysmetrics (npm)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: amazon-inspector e624a951ebd9352b2b8d47bf80d418a01674640ec2d2b2592f00bb446f110c68 On npm install, install.js executes as a postinstall script and drops a detached background Node process at /tmp/.sysm-agent.js that persists after...

MAL-2026-10216 Malicious code in node-sysmetrics (npm)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: amazon-inspector e624a951ebd9352b2b8d47bf80d418a01674640ec2d2b2592f00bb446f110c68 On npm install, install.js executes as a postinstall script and drops a detached background Node process at /tmp/.sysm-agent.js that persists after...

Malware in node-sysmetrics

Any computer that has this package installed or running should be considered fully compromised. All secrets and keys stored on that computer should be rotated immediately from a different computer. The package should be removed, but as full control of the computer may have been given to an outsid...