Latest cybersecurity reporting from selected sources.

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

Five malicious versions of AsyncAPI packages were published to the Node Package Manager (npm) in a supply-chain attack that delivered a remote access trojan with info-stealing capabilities. [...]

AsyncAPI npm packages with 2M weekly downloads were compromised, spreading malware with info-stealing, crypto-theft and RAT capabilities. OX Security researchers disclosed on July 14 that the AsyncAPI npm organization was compromised, with malicious code injected into four packages that together account for over 2 million weekly downloads. The affected versions are @asyncapi/generator 3.3.1, @asyncapi/generator-components 0.7.1, […]

JFrog found an npm package impersonating postcss-selector-parser to drop a multi-stage Windows RAT

Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a set of malicious npm packages that are designed to deliver a Windows-based remote access trojan (RAT)

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Expect Fallout After Remote Access Trojan Added to Popular JavaScript NPM PackageA supply-chain attack backdoored versions of Axios, a popular JavaScript library that's present in many different software packages, to distribute a cross-platform, remote access Trojan. Identifying the full fallout from the attack could take some time, experts warned.

Threat actors hijacked the popular npm package axios to spread RAT malware after compromising an open‑source maintainer’s account, researchers warn

Hijacked maintainer account let attackers slip cross-platform trojan into 100M-downloads-a-week Axios Updated One of npm's most widely used HTTP client libraries briefly became a malware delivery vehicle after attackers hijacked a maintainer's account and slipped a remote-access trojan (RAT) into two seemingly legitimate axios releases, in what's being described as "one of the most impactful npm supply chain attacks on record."…

The popular HTTP client known as Axios has suffered a supply chain attack after two newly published versions of the npm package introduced a malicious dependency that delivers a trojan capable of targeting Windows, macOS, and Linux systems

A supply chain attack hit Axios when attackers used stolen npm credentials to publish malicious versions containing a phantom dependency. This triggered a cross-platform RAT during installation and replaced its files with clean decoys, making detection challenging.

Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a malicious npm package that masquerades as an OpenClaw installer to deploy a remote access trojan (RAT) and steal sensitive data from compromised hosts

Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed a new iteration of the ongoing Contagious Interview campaign, where the North Korean threat actors have published a set of 26 malicious packages to the npm registry

Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a new supply chain attack in which legitimate packages on npm and the Python Package Index (PyPI) repository have been compromised to push malicious versions to facilitate wallet credential theft and remote code execution

An incident involving the npm package eslint-config-prettier has been uncovered spreading Scavenger RAT

A significant supply chain attack hit NPM after 15 popular Gluestack packages with over 950,000 weekly downloads were compromised to include malicious code that acts as a remote access trojan (RAT). [...]

An npm package named 'rand-user-agent' has been compromised in a supply chain attack to inject obfuscated code that activates a remote access trojan (RAT) on the user's system. [...]

The North Korean threat actors behind the ongoing Contagious Interview campaign are spreading their tentacles on the npm ecosystem by publishing more malicious packages that deliver the BeaverTail malware, as well as a new remote access trojan (RAT) loader

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Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a malicious package on the npm package registry that masquerades as a library for detecting vulnerabilities in Ethereum smart contracts but, in reality, drops an open-source remote access trojan called Quasar RAT onto developer systems