Preinstall to persistence: Inside the Red Hat npm Miasma credential-stealing campaign

In this article 1. Attack chain overview 2. Mitigation and protection guidance 3. Learn more Microsoft Threat Intelligence identified a large-scale npm supply chain attack affecting 32 maliciously modified packages across more than 90 versions under the @redhat-cloud-services npm scope. The...

Malicious code in auth0-templates-scripts-utils (npm)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: amazon-inspector ed9a505fcbf6daef28b6625dcbde65ea1dd00b01c1a684debfdedfc7e5bc3643 Package name impersonates the Auth0 ecosystem. Its postinstall hook node index.js runs unconditionally on npm install and performs a multi-stage data...

n8n Supply Chain Attack Abuses Community Nodes to Steal OAuth Tokens

Threat actors have been observed uploading a set of eight packages on the npm registry that masqueraded as integrations targeting the n8n workflow automation platform to steal developers' OAuth credentials. One such package, named "n8n-nodes-hfgjf-irtuinvcm-lasdqewriit," mimics a Google Ads...

Hidden Malware Discovered in jQuery Migrate: A Stealthy Supply Chain Threat

Hidden Malware Discovered in jQuery Migrate: A Stealthy Supply Chain Threat By Trellix · June 18, 2025 This blog was also written by Trishaan Kalra Introduction What happens when a trusted open source library becomes a conduit for stealthy malware delivery? That question became reality when the...

XZ Utils Backdoored, A Supply Chain Nightmare

Summary: Multiple Linux distributions face a potential supply chain threat due to the introduction of malicious code into a widely-used library. A backdoor was discovered within the XZ Utils library, inserted roughly a month ago. This compromise allows attackers to manipulate and intercept data...

New Ongoing Campaign Targets npm Ecosystem with Unique Execution Chain

Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a new ongoing campaign aimed at the npm ecosystem that leverages a unique execution chain to deliver an unknown payload to targeted systems. "The packages in question seem to be published in pairs, each pair working in unison to fetch additional resources...

Newly Uncovered PyPI Package Drops Fileless Cryptominer to Linux Systems

A now-removed rogue package pushed to the official third-party software repository for Python has been found to deploy cryptominers on Linux systems. The module, named "secretslib" and downloaded 93 times prior to its deletion, was released to the Python Package Index PyPI on August 6, 2022 and i...

Malicious Npm Packages Tapped Again to Target Discord Users

Threat actors once again are using the node package manager npm repository to hide malware that can steal Discord tokens to monitor user sessions and steal data on the popular chat and collaboration platform, researchers have found. A campaign discovered this week by Kaspersky researchers is hidi...

Critical Gems Takeover Bug Reported in RubyGems Package Manager

The maintainers of the RubyGems package manager have addressed a critical security flaw that could have been abused to remove gems and replace them with rogue versions under specific circumstances. "Due to a bug in the yank action, it was possible for any RubyGems.org user to remove and replace...

NPM Bug Allowed Attackers to Distribute Malware as Legitimate Packages

A "logical flaw" has been disclosed in NPM, the default package manager for the Node.js JavaScript runtime environment, that enables malicious actors to pass off rogue libraries as legitimate and trick unsuspecting developers into installing them. The supply chain threat has been dubbed "Package...

Malicious npm Code Packages Built for Hijacking Discord Servers

A series of malicious packages in the Node.js package manager npm code repository are looking to harvest Discord tokens, which can be used to take over unsuspecting users’ accounts and servers. The npm repository is an open-source home for JavaScript developers to share and reuse code blocks. The...

Discord-Stealing Malware Invades npm Packages

Three malicious software packages have been published to npm, a code repository for JavaScript developers to share and reuse code blocks. The packages represent a supply-chain threat given that they may be used as building blocks in various web applications; any applications corrupted by the code...