Attackers Are Hunting High-Impact Node.js Maintainers in a Coordinated Social Engineering Campaign

Axios compromise traced to social engineering, showing how attacks on maintainers can bypass controls and expose the broader software supply chain.

Node.js has paused its bug bounty program after funding ended, removing payouts for vulnerability reports but keeping its security process unchanged.

The Axios compromise shows how time-dependent dependency resolution makes exposure harder to detect and contain.

A supply chain attack on Axios introduced a malicious dependency, plain-crypto-js@4.2.1, published minutes earlier and absent from the project’s GitHub releases.

Malicious versions of the Telnyx Python SDK on PyPI delivered credential-stealing malware via a multi-stage supply chain attack.

TeamPCP is partnering with ransomware group Vect to turn open source supply chain attacks on tools like Trivy and LiteLLM into large-scale ransomware operations.

Widespread GitHub phishing campaign uses fake Visual Studio Code security alerts in Discussions to trick developers into visiting malicious website.

Five malicious npm packages typosquatting crypto libraries steal private keys via Telegram, targeting Solana and Ethereum developers, with active C2 infrastructure.

TeamPCP is targeting security tools across the OSS ecosystem, turning scanners and CI pipelines into infostealers to access enterprise secrets.

TypeScript 6.0 introduces new standard APIs, modern default settings, and deprecations as it prepares projects for the upcoming TypeScript 7.0 release.

Newly published Trivy Docker images (0.69.4, 0.69.5, and 0.69.6) were found to contain infostealer IOCs and were pushed to Docker Hub without corresponding GitHub releases.

The worm-enabled campaign hit @emilgroup and @teale.io, then used an ICP canister to deliver follow-on payloads.

Attackers compromised Trivy GitHub Actions by force-updating tags to deliver malware, exposing CI/CD secrets across affected pipelines.

ENISA’s new package manager advisory outlines the dependency security practices companies will need to demonstrate as the EU’s Cyber Resilience Act begins enforcing software supply chain requirements.

We identified over 20 additional malicious extensions, along with over 20 related sleeper extensions, some of which have already been weaponized.

TC39’s March 2026 meeting advanced eight ECMAScript proposals, including Temporal reaching Stage 4 and securing its place in the ECMAScript 2026 specification.

Since January 31, 2026, we identified at least 72 additional malicious Open VSX extensions, including transitive GlassWorm loader extensions targeting developers.

Six malicious Packagist packages posing as OphimCMS themes contain trojanized jQuery that exfiltrates URLs, injects ads, and loads FUNNULL-linked redirects.

The GCVE initiative operated by CIRCL has officially opened its publishing ecosystem, letting organizations issue and share vulnerability identifiers without routing through a central authority.

The project is retiring its odd/even release model in favor of a simpler annual cadence where every major version becomes LTS.

Published late February to early March 2026, these crates impersonate timeapi.io and POST .env secrets to a threat actor-controlled lookalike domain.

A recent burst of security disclosures in the OpenClaw project is drawing attention to how vulnerability information flows across advisory and CVE systems.

Mixed-script homoglyphs and a lookalike domain mimic imToken’s import flow to capture mnemonics and private keys.

Latio’s 2026 report recognizes Socket as a Supply Chain Innovator and highlights our work in 0-day malware detection, SCA, and auto-patching.

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Malicious Packagist packages disguised as Laravel utilities install an encrypted PHP RAT via Composer dependencies, enabling remote access and C2 callbacks.

OpenVSX releases of Aqua Trivy 1.8.12 and 1.8.13 contained injected natural-language prompts that abuse local AI coding agents for system inspection and potential data exfiltration.

minimatch patched three high-severity ReDoS vulnerabilities that can stall the Node.js event loop, and Socket has released free certified patches.

Socket uncovered 26 malicious npm packages tied to North Korea's Contagious Interview campaign, retrieving a live 9-module infostealer and RAT from the adversary's C2.

An impersonated golang.org/x/crypto clone exfiltrates passwords, executes a remote shell stager, and delivers a Rekoobe backdoor on Linux.

npm rolls out a package release cooldown and scalable trusted publishing updates as ecosystem adoption of install safeguards grows.

AI agents are writing more code than ever, and that's creating new supply chain risks. Feross joins the Risky Business Podcast to break down what that means for open source security.

Socket uncovered four malicious NuGet packages targeting ASP.NET apps, using a typosquatted dropper and localhost proxy to steal Identity data and backdoor apps.

An emerging npm supply chain attack that infects repos, steals CI secrets, and targets developer AI toolchains for further compromise.

Socket is proud to join the OpenJS Foundation as a Silver Member, deepening our commitment to the long-term health and security of the JavaScript ecosystem.

npm now links to Socket's security analysis on every package page. Here's what you'll find when you click through.

A compromised npm publish token was used to push a malicious postinstall script in cline@2.3.0, affecting the popular AI coding agent CLI with 90k weekly downloads.

Socket is now scanning AI agent skills across multiple languages and ecosystems, detecting malicious behavior before developers install, starting with skills.sh's 60,000+ skills.

Socket now supports PHP with full Composer and Packagist integration, enabling developers to search packages, generate SBOMs, and protect their PHP dependencies from supply chain threats.

An AI agent is merging PRs into major OSS projects and cold-emailing maintainers to drum up more work.

Chrome extension CL Suite by @CLMasters neutralizes 2FA for Facebook and Meta Business accounts while exfiltrating Business Manager contact and analytics data.

After Matplotlib rejected an AI-written PR, the agent fired back with a blog post, igniting debate over AI contributions and maintainer burden.

HashiCorp disclosed a high-severity RCE in next-mdx-remote affecting versions 4.3.0 to 5.x when compiling untrusted MDX on the server.

Security researchers report widespread abuse of OpenClaw skills to deliver info-stealing malware, exposing a new supply chain risk as agent ecosystems scale.

Claude Opus 4.6 has uncovered more than 500 open source vulnerabilities, raising new considerations for disclosure, triage, and patching at scale.

Malicious dYdX client packages were published to npm and PyPI after a maintainer compromise, enabling wallet credential theft and remote code execution.

gem.coop is testing registry-level dependency cooldowns to limit exposure during the brief window when malicious gems are most likely to spread.

Following multiple malicious extension incidents, Open VSX outlines new safeguards designed to catch risky uploads earlier.

Threat actors compromised four oorzc Open VSX extensions with more than 22,000 downloads, pushing malicious versions that install a staged loader, evade Russian-locale systems, pull C2 from Solana memos, and steal macOS credentials and wallets.

Lodash 4.17.23 marks a security reset, with maintainers rebuilding governance and infrastructure to support long-term, sustainable maintenance.

n8n led JavaScript Rising Stars 2025 by a wide margin, with workflow platforms seeing the largest growth across categories.

The U.S. government is rolling back software supply chain mandates, shifting from mandatory SBOMs and attestations to a risk-based approach.

crates.io adds a Security tab backed by RustSec advisories and narrows trusted publishing paths to reduce common CI publishing risks.

A Chrome extension claiming to hide Amazon ads was found secretly hijacking affiliate links, replacing creators’ tags with its own without user consent.

A surge of AI-generated vulnerability reports has pushed open source maintainers to rethink bug bounties and tighten security disclosure processes.

Scan results now load faster and remain consistent over time, with stable URLs and on-demand rescans for fresh security data.