The Register
1 month, 1 week ago
GitHub pulls pin on npm's auto-run scripts
Shai-Hulud worm exploited exactly this. Better late than never, says everyone except the malware authors
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The Hacker News
1 month, 1 week ago
⚡ Weekly Recap: Instagram Account Hacks, Android Zero-Day, GitHub Worm and More
Monday again. The weekend was meant to be quiet. It wasn't. Last week had poisoned packages, a broken AI helper, and a worm tearing through repos. The ugly part: basic tricks still worked
The Register
2 months ago
Malware crew TeamPCP open-sources its Shai-Hulud worm on GitHub
Where it’s been well and truly forked, seemingly without Microsoft’s code locker noticing
The Register
7 months, 3 weeks ago
Shai-Hulud worm returns, belches secrets to 25K GitHub repos
Trojanized npm packages spread new variant that executes in pre-install phase, hitting thousands within days A self-propagating malware targeting node package managers (npm) is back for a second round, according to Wiz researchers who say that more than 25,000 developers had their secrets compromised within three days.…
Krebs on Security
10 months ago
Self-Replicating Worm Hits 180+ Software Packages
At least 187 code packages made available through the JavaScript repository NPM have been infected with a self-replicating worm that steals credentials from developers and publishes those secrets on GitHub, experts warn. The malware, which briefly infected multiple code packages from the security vendor CrowdStrike, steals and publishes even more credentials every time an infected package is installed.