Recent findings reveal that more than a dozen NPM packages, collectively downloaded over a million times a week, have been exploited to distribute malware. This compromise involves a Remote Access Trojan (RAT), enabling attackers to execute commands, capture screenshots, and steal sensitive information. The perpetrators are believed to be the same group responsible for earlier attacks. Security experts emphasize the urgent need for developers to be vigilant about these vulnerabilities, as attackers are increasingly exploiting weaknesses in open-source libraries to initiate supply chain attacks.
This supply chain attack represents another stark representation of how attackers are no longer waiting around to discover accidental vulnerabilities in open source libraries.
Given the magnitude of the attack, we wanted to raise awareness about it as quickly as possible, so that people can protect themselves.
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