npm phishing attack laces popular packages with malware

Npm package with millions of downloads is at risk from malware hijacking

Hackers were deploying malware through a popular npm package for six hours.

npm phishing attack laces popular packages with malware

: The "is" package was infected with cross-platform malware after a scam targeting maintainers

NPM package ‘is’ with 2.8M weekly downloads infected devs with malware

The popular NPM package 'is' has been compromised in a supply chain attack that injected backdoor malware, giving attackers full access to compromised devices.

Supply chain attack compromises NPM packages to spread backdoor malware

In a newly discovered supply chain attack, attackers last week targeted a range of NPM-hosted JavaScript type testing utilities, several of which were successfully compromised to distribute malware. Anyone automatically downloading these packages would have been exposed to a backdoor supply chain attack until cleaned versions were installed. In one example on July 19, attackers loaded the popular is NPM JavaScript type testing utility with malwa…

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