Malicious code in polymarket-stake-mathss (npm)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: amazon-inspector ef71354e27f0e5798fee884366776d5b76ba0df0122148d1f4f7aeeef42b45cc Typosquat of polymarket-stake-math double s. The postinstall script install-check.cjs resolves a bundle URL from the package.json homepage field...

MAL-2026-12514 Malicious code in async-mutex-v3 (npm)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: amazon-inspector 699abe52cb380ae997f200e0615bfce84cd52d11b98a54244ce5b30478fab336 Package name typosquats async-mutex but ships unrelated functionality. The default export getPlugin in index.js issues an HTTP request to a hardcoded...

Malicious code in chai-as-rendered (npm)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: amazon-inspector 545ba2341881e666831e81156a815fdfac738830ec2918167e4c5fd3c42294bf Typosquat of chai-as-promised. The package's exported middleware spawns a detached child process lib/caller.js that fetches a JSON payload from a...

Malicious code in tinkoff-statist-browser-typed-client-test.softwarecenter.metrics (npm)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: amazon-inspector d9027d7179ebd421765074cbde727f3a3e358eb677a9a9125fb22ff6638fd799 The package's index.js requires./setup on module load. setup.js selects a platform-specific output path /var/tmp/.cache on unix, %TEMP%/dotnetdiag.ex...

Malicious code in @wethenorth12/bitcoin-lib (npm)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: amazon-inspector 34ac8cc76bddd60e41e530c9bb7cc74d902d3cb21a551db409bfdcac50a99cb8 On require, index.js reads the entire process.env plus host identifiers hostname, username, homedir, platform, cwd, timestamp, JSON-stringifies and...

Malicious code in ethereum-input-decorder (PyPI)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: amazon-inspector 94137fcf0aee7d8edb4e15a8bc9be4455fbdf79cb5bf99987b79f0393fdff62c The package name typosquats the legitimate 'ethereum-input-decoder'. Its top-level init.py unconditionally invokes a payload routine on import: it...

MAL-2026-10643 Malicious code in ethereum-input-decorder (PyPI)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: amazon-inspector 94137fcf0aee7d8edb4e15a8bc9be4455fbdf79cb5bf99987b79f0393fdff62c The package name typosquats the legitimate 'ethereum-input-decoder'. Its top-level init.py unconditionally invokes a payload routine on import: it...

MAL-2026-10576 Malicious code in tennacity (PyPI)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: amazon-inspector c7933cd1ec11531feba788870555eeac615535d8e230b4d252880def9c68ff5e tennacity is a one-character typosquat of the popular 'tenacity' library; its README/PKG-INFO are copied verbatim from real tenacity while setup.py...

Fake Perplexity Chrome extension spies on your searches

Type "Perplexity" into the Chrome Web Store and you get a range of browser extensions offering access to the popular AI search service. Until last week, one of them was called "Search for perplexity ai ," and it delivered something extra that users hadn't bargained for: a small hidden surveillanc...

Embedded Malicious Code

Overview Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Embedded Malicious Code. An attacker using the npm account ehindero hijacked the @mastra npm organization and, in a roughly 30–45 minute burst starting around 01:12 UTC, republished the entire @mastra catalog. The Mastra source code was...

Malicious code in events-runtime (npm)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: amazon-inspector aac4806dc5c887c91db1f2570abcae5b98d62dfae36bea2ddb9e2449efd62eca Package name and description impersonate the popular events package Node's event emitter for all engines. The vendored events.js adds an undocumented...

MAL-2026-5388 Malicious code in @0xlr/stripe-checkout-js (npm)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: amazon-inspector 65b2bf8dcdc0fc9b8fdbf14bbf58a011707a4425cf0029867e28067c08ef5566 On npm install, postinstall.js enumerates the full process.env keyspace plus host identifiers os.hostname, username, homedir, cwd, argv, OS details a...

Malicious Package

Overview env-config-manager 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 search-engine-setup 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 app-config-utility 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...

Typosquatted npm packages used to steal cloud and CI/CD secrets

In this article 1. Attack chain overview 1. The lure: typosquats and spoofed metadata 2. Execution: npm lifecycle hook abuse 3. Gen-1 stager: HTTP C2 beacon and payload drop 4. Gen-2 stager: abusing the legitimate Bun runtime as a loader 5. Credential theft 6. Impact and blast radius 2. Mitigatio...

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...

MAL-2026-4451 Malicious code in @tailwind-core/vite (npm)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: amazon-inspector 1f9a00740b85c3ce7b36a9ba242f3eccc9ebf3d4f626ab911342c50d63b48805 The package name @tailwind-core/vite impersonates the official @tailwindcss/vite plugin from tailwindlabs, and its package.json declares three...

Malicious code in apkeep (PyPI)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: kam193 d545ff7c3c178485cfb49d0028c4c808e67d0ee0fddcb4b7b195c943bb07d888 The package pretends to be a fork of a legitimate Rust library and uses the identity of the original authors. During usage, the obfuscated code targets...

Fake CAPTCHA scam turns a quick click into a costly phone bill

Researchers have documented a long‑running campaign that uses fake CAPTCHA pages to trick mobile users into sending dozens of international SMS messages in the background. If you’ve spent any time on today’s web, CAPTCHAs may seem like background noise: click a few traffic lights, prove you’re...