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NPM Ecosystem Under Siege: Self-Propagating Malware Compromises 187 Packages in a Huge Supply Chain Attack - Tom Abai
Tom Abai

Tom Abai is a security researcher at Mend.io. He is passionate about finding and addressing security incidents in the software supply chain area. In his free time, he likes to play CTF's games and learn cool stuff regarding cybersecurity.
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NPM Ecosystem Under Siege: Self-Propagating Malware Compromises 187 Packages in a Huge Supply Chain Attack

Tom Abai Sep 16, 2025
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A major NPM breach exposed 187 packages.

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Learn about a fake VS-code extension on npm—truffelvscode—typosquatting the popular truffle for VS-code extension.

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The new Chinese owner tampers with the code of cdn.polyfill.io to inject malware targeting mobile devices.

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Dor Hayun, Tom Abai Mar 31, 2024
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Discover the latest security threat as over 100 malicious packages target popular ML PyPi libraries. Learn about the attack methods.

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Discover the latest threat in town - a new info-stealer variant using Electron to remain undetected. Learn about its attack flow.

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Mend.io research discovered a threat actor takeover of the name ‘gemnasium-gitlab-service', a retired Ruby gem with two million+ downloads.

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Deceptive ‘Vibranced’ npm Package Discovered Masquerading as Popular ‘Colors’ Package

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Discover the threat of the 'Vibranced' npm package masquerading as 'Colors'. Learn about its stages of execution, obfuscation techniques.

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