Lottie Player compromised in supply chain attack — all you need to know

Lottie Player compromised in supply chain attack — all you need to know

Popular JavaScript library and npm package Lottie Player was compromised in a supply chain attack with threat actors releasing three new versions of the component yesterday, all in a span of a ...
Counterfeit Lodash attack leverages AnyDesk to target Windows users

Counterfeit Lodash attack leverages AnyDesk to target Windows users

npm packages identified by Sonatype recently are named similar to the vastly popular JavaScript library, lodash. These packages abuse typosquatting and carry within them a modified version of AnyDesk utility to target ...
'Netfetcher' package drops illicit 'node' binary on Windows

‘Netfetcher’ package drops illicit ‘node’ binary on Windows

Recently identified PyPI packages called "netfetcher" and "pyfetcher" impersonate open source libraries and target Windows users with malicious executables that have a zero detection rate among leading antivirus engines. Furthermore, some of ...
Polyfill.io supply chain attack hits 100,000+ websites — all you need to know

Polyfill.io supply chain attack hits 100,000+ websites — all you need to know

In a significant supply chain attack, over 100,000 websites using Polyfill[.]io, a popular JavaScript CDN service, were compromised ...
'cors-parser' npm package hides cross-platform backdoor in PNG files

‘cors-parser’ npm package hides cross-platform backdoor in PNG files

'cors-parser' is neither a cure for Cross-Origin Resource Sharing (CORS) vulnerabilities nor a "parser" for interpreting same-origin policies of a website. Instead, the npm package employs a form of steganography to download ...
PyPI crypto-stealer targets Windows users, revives malware campaign

PyPI crypto-stealer targets Windows users, revives malware campaign

Sonatype has discovered 'pytoileur', a malicious PyPI package hiding code that downloads and installs trojanized Windows binaries capable of surveillance, achieving persistence, and crypto-theft. Our discovery of the malware led us to ...
Devs flood npm with 15,000 packages to reward themselves with Tea 'tokens'

Devs flood npm with 15,000 packages to reward themselves with Tea ‘tokens’

We have repeatedly come across cases involving open source registries like npm and PyPI being flooded with thousands of packages in a short span of time. Typically, such surges in publishing activity ...
Devs flood npm with 15,000 packages to reward themselves with Tea 'tokens'

Devs flood npm with 15,000 packages to reward themselves with Tea ‘tokens’

We have repeatedly come across cases involving open source registries like npm and PyPI being flooded with thousands of packages in a short span of time. Typically, such surges in publishing activity ...