Jun 03, 2024NewsroomSoftware Security / Supply Chain Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered a new suspicious package uploaded to the npm package registry that's designed to drop a remote access trojan (RAT) on compromised systems. The package in question is glup-debugger-log, which targets users of the gulp toolkit by masquerading as a "logger for gulp and gulp plugins." It … [Read more...] about Researchers Uncover RAT-Dropping npm Package Targeting Gulp Users
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Over 800 npm Packages Found with Discrepancies, 18 Exploitable to ‘Manifest Confusion’
Mar 21, 2024NewsroomSoftware Security / Open Source New research has discovered over 800 packages in the npm registry which have discrepancies from their registry entries, out of which 18 have been found to exploit a technique called manifest confusion. The findings come from cybersecurity firm JFrog, which said the issue could be exploited by threat actors to trick … [Read more...] about Over 800 npm Packages Found with Discrepancies, 18 Exploitable to ‘Manifest Confusion’
LofyLife: malicious packages in npm repository
Open-source code is a blessing for the IT industry — it helps programmers save time and build products faster and more efficiently by eliminating the need of writing repetitive common code. To facilitate this knowledge sharing, there are repositories — open platforms where any developer can publish their own packages with their code to speed up the development process for other … [Read more...] about LofyLife: malicious packages in npm repository
Researchers Uncover Malicious NPM Packages Stealing Data from Apps and Web Forms
A widespread software supply chain attack has targeted the NPM package manager at least since December 2021 with rogue modules designed to steal data entered in forms by users on websites that include them. The coordinated attack, dubbed IconBurst by ReversingLabs, involves no fewer than two dozen NPM packages that include obfuscated JavaScript, which comes with malicious code … [Read more...] about Researchers Uncover Malicious NPM Packages Stealing Data from Apps and Web Forms
Popular NPM Package Updated to Wipe Russia, Belarus Systems to Protest Ukraine Invasion
In what's yet another act of sabotage, the developer behind the popular "node-ipc" NPM package shipped a new version to protest Russia's invasion of Ukraine, raising concerns about security in the open-source and the software supply chain. Affecting versions 10.1.1 and 10.1.2 of the library, the changes introduced undesirable behavior by its maintainer RIAEvangelist, targeting … [Read more...] about Popular NPM Package Updated to Wipe Russia, Belarus Systems to Protest Ukraine Invasion
Popular NPM Package Hijacked to Publish Crypto-mining Malware
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency on Friday warned of crypto-mining and password-stealing malware embedded in "UAParser.js," a popular JavaScript NPM library with over 6 million weekly downloads, days after the NPM repository moved to get rid of three rogue packages that were found to mimic the same library. The supply-chain attack targeting the … [Read more...] about Popular NPM Package Hijacked to Publish Crypto-mining Malware
Malicious NPM Package Caught Stealing Users’ Saved Passwords From Browsers
A software package available from the official NPM repository has been revealed to be actually a front for a tool that's designed to steal saved passwords from the Chrome web browser. The package in question, named "nodejs_net_server" and downloaded over 1,283 times since February 2019, was last updated seven months ago (version 1.1.2), with its corresponding repository leading … [Read more...] about Malicious NPM Package Caught Stealing Users’ Saved Passwords From Browsers