Seven Malicious Vite npm Packages Use Blockchain C2 to Deliver a RAT

Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a cluster of seven malicious npm packages targeting the Vite frontend tooling ecosystem as part of a software supply chain attack. The malicious package campaign, codenamed ViteVenom by Checkmarx, marks an expansion of ChainVeil , which was observed using...

MAL-2026-10733 Malicious code in idlive-document-capture-web (npm)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: amazon-inspector d428a1956dd86e85bfb6fb83cba2dea11bfc19250c1262d13a88c3bdd8ca07e0 Package name typosquats the legitimate 'idlive' family and ships no library functionality. package.json declares a preinstall lifecycle hook...

MAL-2026-10710 Malicious code in @equans-services/codex (npm)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: amazon-inspector 7d3c5a7e22ef9ecb88e2f6d85ef6132d80098e3e187cbc302de2c45140a5a5f1 This package typosquats @openai/codex under an unofficial scope and ships a postinstall hook package.json line 6: "postinstall": "node setup.js" that...

Malicious code in gifuct (npm)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: amazon-inspector 965f65127a6b6d2a6865e91efe6a878ae1e076b9ef4de23152aef4ee6080038b Package name typosquats the legitimate gifuct-js GIF parser and re-exports it as cover. On module load, code reconstructs the host...

MAL-2026-10451 Malicious code in gifuct (npm)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: amazon-inspector 965f65127a6b6d2a6865e91efe6a878ae1e076b9ef4de23152aef4ee6080038b Package name typosquats the legitimate gifuct-js GIF parser and re-exports it as cover. On module load, code reconstructs the host...

MAL-2026-10160 Malicious code in rollup-packages-polyfill-core (npm)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: amazon-inspector 69da81410d062733108728b42feb333d2f561f811a9c671664150cd026b12221 Package name typosquats the popular rollup-plugin-polyfill-node and copies its README verbatim to bait installs. On require of the main entry...

MAL-2026-6273 Malicious code in zod-pino (npm)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: amazon-inspector c536e5a7ee3d5542e1ac822b30ba4525e52b2ae0c964d0c2470468d91b9b41c8 The package is published under a name suggesting a Pino logger integration for Zod, but the tarball contents do not match that purpose and exhibit...

Malicious code in wp-env (npm)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: amazon-inspector ec2e092036cea9a9b2563e18b3d588ab046800c2160fb820081423b909066759 Package squats the wp-env CLI name commonly invoked as npx wp-env by users intending @wordpress/env. The package ships only bin/run.js declared main:...

Malicious Package

Overview elastic-opensearch-helper is a malicious package. This package contains malicious code, and its content has been removed from the official package manager. While this package typosquats well-known libraries to impersonate valid open-source ecosystems, there is no connection between those...

Malicious Package

Overview opensearch-setup-tool is a malicious package. This package contains malicious code, and its content has been removed from the official package manager. While this package typosquats well-known libraries to impersonate valid open-source ecosystems, there is no connection between those...

MAL-2026-4415 Malicious code in @onerjs/smart-filters-blocks (npm)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: amazon-inspector e772d7a844409df378591a5a587c7cc8045e0ec0e8cb493912f0da8fa594c169 This package is published as @onerjs/smart-filters-blocks but its README, repository URL git+https://github.com/BabylonJS/Babylon.js.git, description...

Malicious code in get-package-lint (npm)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: amazon-inspector 383f22ab2e1e8bbb44a44fa3828710f476947837d0b38aa9266eafcbf9959261 Package name typosquats the popular get-package-type and reuses its README/exports verbatim, but adds "postinstall": "node utils.cjs" in package.json...

MAL-2026-4572 Malicious code in get-package-lint (npm)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: amazon-inspector 383f22ab2e1e8bbb44a44fa3828710f476947837d0b38aa9266eafcbf9959261 Package name typosquats the popular get-package-type and reuses its README/exports verbatim, but adds "postinstall": "node utils.cjs" in package.json...

MAL-2026-4542 Malicious code in crypto-javascript (npm)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: amazon-inspector ee2e9ca362c982e5c75ed96c626b87ca91d85fb6cb52c89c7a8def86851017b8 Package name typosquats the widely-used crypto-js library and mirrors its API surface, README, and repository references to appear legitimate...

Malicious code in amplitude-ma-ts (npm)

npm stealer. Hardcoded Discord webhook id 1497047226428690432 in postinstall Folder/bin/S.js. Exfils hostname, whoami, pwd, publicip api.ipify.org, /etc/hosts via Discord embed. v1.0.21 empty placeholder, v1.0.22 shipped payload — name-squat-then-poison. Typosquats @amplitude/ analytics scope...

Facebook users targeted in ‘login’ phish

A few weeks ago we warned our readers of a phishing campaign targeting Instagram users that didn’t resort to the usual links to phishing websites, but used mailto: links instead. Now, it seems that these scammers have turned their attention to Facebook users. It works like this: The target receiv...

New Malicious PyPI Packages Caught Using Covert Side-Loading Tactics

Cybersecurity researchers have discovered two malicious packages on the Python Package Index PyPI repository that were found leveraging a technique called DLL side-loading to circumvent detection by security software and run malicious code. The packages, named NP6HelperHttptest and NP6HelperHttpe...

Malicious Package

Overview s3transferr is a malicious package. It attempts typosquatting popular packages. The malicious script is base64 obfuscated located in init.py file and tries to steal the current username, platform and IP information and send them to a remote host. Malicious behavior python import getpass...

Threat Source newsletter (Feb. 9, 2023): Don't let criminals exploit your empathy

Welcome to this weeks edition of the Threat Source newsletter. Our hearts are with the people of Turkey and Syria and all those impacted by the tragic earthquake. The Cisco Foundation has launched a matching campaign to support local disaster relief organizations. As a person its always difficult...

Malicious Package

Overview requists is a malicious package. This malicious package attempts typosquatting the popular requests package. The malicious script is base64 obfuscated and tries to steal the current username and platform information and send them to a remote host. Malicious behavior python import getpass...