Developers who pulled packages from Red Hat’s @redhat-cloud-services npm namespace over the weekend got a secret-stealing worm instead. Security researchers from several cybersecurity outlets are warning of a new supply chain attack compromising over 30 Red Hat Cloud Services-related npm packages to steal credentials, authentication tokens, and other secrets from developer environments. The campaign, which…
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Attackers Hijack Red Hat npm Scope to Steal Cloud Secrets
Attackers backdoored 32 packages in Red Hat’s official npm scope to steal cloud and CI secrets
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Red Hat npm packages compromised in new Mini Shai-Hulud malware wave
Unknown attackers have compromised 30+ Red Hat Cloud Services npm packages with malware that goes after credentials stored in developers’ build environment. What the malware stole and how it can spread further The compromised packages were published in two different GitHub source repositories on June 1, 2026, between 10:53 and 10:53:33 UTC and 13:44 and…
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Red Hat npm packages compromised to steal developer credentials
More than 30 npm packages under Red Hat’s ‘@redhat-cloud-services’ namespace were compromised in a supply-chain attack that distributed a new variant of the Shai-Hulud credential-stealing malware, dubbed “Miasma.” […]
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CISA adds Daemon Tools, TanStack, and Nx Console compromised versions to KEV catalog
The vulnerabilities include compromised versions of Daemon Tools Lite (CVE-2026-8398), TanStack npm packages (CVE-2026-45321), and the Nx Console extension (CVE-2026-48027) resulting from recent supply chain attacks.
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Attackers Move Past Typosquatting to Realistic Package Impersonation
Most malicious open source packages now mimic real code rather than rely on typosquatting
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How cybersecurity firms took down Glassworm botnet in one shot
Glassworm infected developers through poisoned tools and packages until a coordinated takedown killed all four of its C2 channels at once. On May 26, 2026, at 14:00 UTC, CrowdStrike Counter Adversary Operations team, working with Google and the Shadowserver Foundation, killed all four command-and-control channels of the Glassworm botnet at the same time. The timing…
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Malware Found in Laravel-Lang Composer Packages After Git Tag Poisoning Attack
Attackers have poisoned four Laravel-Lang Composer packages by rewriting hundreds of Git tags, putting many Laravel apps at risk. Hackers compromised four popular Laravel-Lang Composer packages and injected malware by rewriting more than 700 Git tags tied to historical versions. Laravel-Lang is a community-driven project that provides translation and localization files for Laravel applications. The…
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Laravel Lang packages hijacked to deploy credential-stealing malware
A supply chain attack targeting the Laravel Lang localization packages has exposed developers to a sophisticated credential-stealing malware campaign after attackers abused GitHub version tags to distribute malicious code through Composer packages. […]
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Packagist Supply Chain Attack Infects 8 Packages Using GitHub-Hosted Linux Malware
A new “coordinated” supply chain attack campaign has impacted eight packages on Packagist including malicious code designed to run a Linux binary retrieved from a GitHub Releases URL. “Although the affected packages were all Composer packages, the malicious code was not added to composer.json,” Socket said. “Instead, it was inserted into package.json, targeting projects that…
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New Shai-Hulud malware wave compromises 600 npm packages
Threat actors earlier today published more than 600 malicious packages to the Node Package Manager (npm) index as part of a new Shai-Hulud supply-chain campaign. […]
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Attackers Weaponize RubyGems for Data Dead Drops
Threat actors are publishing RubyGems packages that include scrapers targeting public-facing UK government servers, but with no clear objective.
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‘Mini Shai-Hulud’ malware compromises hundreds of open-source packages in sprawling supply-chain attack
A rapidly spreading malware campaign has infected hundreds of software packages across major open-source registries, embedding credential-stealing code into development tools downloaded millions of times a week. The attack, referred to as “mini Shai-Hulud,” targeted prominent software libraries, including TanStack, UiPath, and MistralAI. TanStack’s React Router package alone accounts for more than 12 million weekly…
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Mini Shai-Hulud Hits TanStack npm Packages
Mini Shai-Hulud compromises TanStack npm packages and spreads across PyPI
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Shai Hulud attack ships signed malicious TanStack, Mistral npm packages
A large-scale software supply-chain attack involving the “Shai-Hulud” malware has compromised hundreds of packages across open-source software ecosystems. […]
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ThreatsDay Bulletin: Edge Plaintext Passwords, ICS 0-Days, Patch-or-Die Alerts and 25+ New Stories
Bad week. Turns out the easiest way to get hacked in 2026 is still the same old garbage: shady packages, fake apps, forgotten DNS junk, scam ads, and stolen logins getting dumped into Discord channels like it’s normal. Some of these attack chains don’t even feel sophisticated anymore. More like some tired guy with a…
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PyPI Packages Deliver ZiChatBot Malware via Zulip APIs on Windows and Linux
Cybersecurity researchers have discovered three packages on the Python Package Index (PyPI) repository that are designed to stealthily deliver a previously unknown malware family called ZiChatBot on Windows and Linux systems. “While these wheel packages do implement the features described on their PyPI web pages, their true purpose is to covertly deliver malicious files,” Kaspersky
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Cboe is Slashing 20% of its Staff in Bid to Focus on Core Businesses
The derivatives exchange will also tighten its work-from-home policies and offer voluntary-retirement packages to older employees.
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Poisoned Ruby Gems and Go Modules Exploit CI Pipelines for Credential Theft
A new software supply chain attack campaign has been observed using sleeper packages as a conduit to subsequently push malicious payloads that enabled credential theft, GitHub Actions tampering, and SSH persistence. The activity has been attributed to the GitHub account “BufferZoneCorp,” which has published a set of repositories that are associated with malicious Ruby gems…
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TeamPCP Hits SAP Packages With ‘Mini Shai-Hulud’ Attack
Several npm packages for SAP’s cloud application development ecosystem have been compromised as TeamPCP’s supply chain attacks broaden.
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SAP npm Supply Chain Attack Targets Developer Credentials
A supply chain attack targeting SAP npm packages is putting enterprise development environments at risk. Aikido researchers discovered malicious code designed to steal credentials and secrets from developer systems and CI/CD pipelines. The attack “… harvests local developer credentials, GitHub and npm tokens, GitHub Actions secrets, and cloud secrets from AWS, Azure, GCP, and Kubernetes,”…
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SAP npm package attack highlights risks in developer tools and CI/CD pipelines
A supply chain attack on SAP-related npm packages has put fresh scrutiny on the developer tools and build workflows that enterprises rely on to produce software. The campaign, referred to as “mini Shai-Hulud,” affected packages used in SAP’s JavaScript and cloud application development ecosystem. The malicious versions added installation-time code that could steal developer credentials,…
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Official SAP npm packages compromised to steal credentials
Multiple official SAP npm packages were compromised in what is believed to be a TeamPCP supply-chain attack to steal credentials and authentication tokens from developers’ systems. […]
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Npm Supply Chain Malware Attack Targets Developers With Worm-Like Propagation
Malicious npm packages spread via worm-like propagation and steal developer credentials
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Self-Propagating Supply Chain Worm Hijacks npm Packages to Steal Developer Tokens
Cybersecurity researchers have flagged a fresh set of packages that have been compromised by bad actors to deliver a self-propagating worm that spreads through stolen developer npm tokens. The supply chain worm has been detected by both Socket and StepSecurity, with the companies tracking the activity under the name CanisterSprawl owing to the use of…
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Amazon and U.S. Postal Service Reach Delivery Deal
The e-commerce giant, under a new plan, will cut back the packages it ships through USPS by 20%, less than the proposal the sides had discussed earlier.
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36 Malicious npm Packages Exploited Redis, PostgreSQL to Deploy Persistent Implants
Cybersecurity researchers have discovered 36 malicious packages in the npm registry that are disguised as Strapi CMS plugins but come with different payloads to facilitate Redis and PostgreSQL exploitation, deploy reverse shells, harvest credentials, and drop a persistent implant. “Every package contains three files (package.json, index.js, postinstall.js), has no description, repository,
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North Korean hackers linked to Axios npm supply chain compromise
The software supply chain attack that resulted in the compromise of npm packages of Axios, an extremely popular HTTP client library, is believed to be the work of financially-motivated North Korean attackers. Links to UNC1069 On March 31, 2026, unknown attackers managed to publish two backdoored Axios npm packages after gaining access to a maintainer’s…
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LiteLLM PyPI packages compromised in expanding TeamPCP supply chain attacks
A slew of supply chain attacks against popular open source tools and packages appears to have been orchestrated by TeamPCP, a cybercriminal group that rose to prominence in late 2025. The latest victim of the group is BerryAI’s popular LiteLLM library, a unified interface that makes it easier for apps to switch between various LLMs:…
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GitHub ‘OpenClaw Deployer’ Repo Delivers Trojan Instead
An AI-assisted campaign is spreading more than 300 poisoned packages for diverse assets ranging from developer tools to game cheats.
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Ghost Campaign Uses 7 npm Packages to Steal Crypto Wallets and Credentials
Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered a new set of malicious npm packages that are designed to steal cryptocurrency wallets and sensitive data. The activity is being tracked by ReversingLabs as the Ghost campaign. The list of identified packages, all published by a user named mikilanjillo, is below – react-performance-suite react-state-optimizer-core react-fast-utilsa ai-fast-auto-trader
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Critical defect in Java security engine poses serious downstream security risks
A maximum-severity vulnerability in pac4j, an open-source library integrated into hundreds of software packages and repositories, poses a significant security threat, but has thus far received scant attention. The defect in the Java security engine, which handles authentication across multiple frameworks, has not been exploited in the wild since code review firm CodeAnt AI published…
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Fake Laravel Packages on Packagist Deploy RAT on Windows, macOS, and Linux
Cybersecurity researchers have flagged malicious Packagist PHP packages masquerading as Laravel utilities that act as a conduit for a cross-platform remote access trojan (RAT) that’s functional on Windows, macOS, and Linux systems. The names of the packages are listed below – nhattuanbl/lara-helper (37 Downloads) nhattuanbl/simple-queue (29 Downloads) nhattuanbl/lara-swagger (49 Downloads)
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Immutable Linux distribution Nitrux 6.0.0 adds GPU passthrough, boot-level recovery, C++ update system
Nitrux 6.0.0, released March 3, 2026, packages several components that security practitioners running Linux workstations will find worth examining: a new hypervisor orchestrator with IOMMU-enforced isolation, a rewritten update system with cryptographic verification, and a recovery mechanism that operates from within the boot process itself. The distribution, built by Nitrux Latinoamericana, runs on an immutable…
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Malicious NuGet Packages Stole ASP.NET Data; npm Package Dropped Malware
Cybersecurity researchers have discovered four malicious NuGet packages that are designed to target ASP.NET web application developers to steal sensitive data. The campaign, discovered by Socket, exfiltrates ASP.NET Identity data, including user accounts, role assignments, and permission mappings, as well as manipulates authorization rules to create persistent backdoors in victim applications.
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Shai-Hulud-Like Worm Targets Developers via npm and AI Tools
Supply chain worm mimicking Shai-Hulud malware spread via malicious npm packages, targeting AI tools has been identified by security researchers
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Malicious npm and PyPI packages linked to Lazarus APT fake recruiter campaign
Researchers found malicious npm and PyPI packages tied to a fake recruitment campaign linked to North Korea’s Lazarus Group. ReversingLabs researcher uncovered new malicious packages on npm and PyPI connected to a fake job recruitment campaign attributed to the North Korea-linked Lazarus Group. The campaign uses deceptive hiring themes to trick developers into downloading infected…
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Lazarus Campaign Plants Malicious Packages in npm and PyPI Ecosystems
Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a fresh set of malicious packages across npm and the Python Package Index (PyPI) repository linked to a fake recruitment-themed campaign orchestrated by the North Korea-linked Lazarus Group. The coordinated campaign has been codenamed graphalgo in reference to the first package published in the npm registry. It’s assessed to be active…
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Compromised dYdX npm and PyPI Packages Deliver Wallet Stealers and RAT Malware
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. The compromised versions of the two packages are listed below – @dydxprotocol/v4-client-js (npm) – 3.4.1, 1.22.1, 1.15.2,…