An illicit npm package called ‘crypto-encrypt-ts‘ may appear to revive the unmaintained but vastly popular CryptoJS library, but what it actually does is peek into your crypto wallet and exfiltrate your secrets to threat actors. The post Revived CryptoJS library is a crypto stealer in disguise appeared first on Security Boulevard.
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Lazarus Group deceives developers with 6 new malicious npm packages
Lazarus Group has burrowed deeper into the npm registry and planted six new malicious packages designed to deceive software developers and disrupt their workflows, researchers at cybersecurity firm Socket said in a Monday blog post. The North Korea-linked threat group embedded BeaverTail malware into the npm packages to install backdoors and steal credentials and data…