From package to postinstall payload: Inside the Mastra npm supply chain compromise by Sapphire Sleet

In this article 1. Attack chain overview 1. Discovery and initial indicators 2. Dependency injection: the poisoned package.json 3. Typosquat analysis: easy-day-js 4. Staged delivery pattern 5. Obfuscation and payload analysis 6. TLS bypass to self-deletion 7. Timeline analysis 2. Who is Sapphire...

Hades PyPI Attack: 19 Packages Poisoned to Auto-Run Bun Credential Stealer

The Miasma supply chain campaign has sparked a fresh attack wave called Hades , this time involving 37 malicious wheel artifacts across 19 packages in the Python Package Index PyPI registry, as the Mini Shai-Hulud-style attacks continue to be refined and splintered to target specific ecosystems...

⚡ Weekly Recap: Exchange 0-Day, npm Worm, Fake AI Repo, Cisco Exploit and More

Monday opens with a trust problem. A mail server flaw is under active use. A network control system was targeted. Trusted packages were poisoned. A fake model page pushed a stealer. Then came the familiar ransom claim: the data was returned and deleted. The pattern is clear. One weak dependency c...

Self-Propagating Supply Chain Worm Hijacks npm Packages to Steal Developer Tokens

Cybersecurity researchers have flagged a fresh set of packages that have been compromised by bad actors to deliver a self-propagating worm that spreads through stolen developer npm tokens. The supply chain worm has been detected by both Socket and StepSecurity, with the companies tracking the...