Nearly 800 Malicious npm Packages Deliver Cross-Platform RAT and Infostealer
- ID
- 12076
- Status
- new
- Published
- 08 Aug 2026, 2:48 AM
- Fetched
- 08 Aug 2026, 4:00 AM
- Provider
- The Hacker News
- Category
- security
- Original URL
- https://thehackernews.com/2026/08/nearly-800-malicious-npm-packages.html
- Source URL
- https://feeds.feedburner.com/TheHackersNews
Excerpt
A cluster of nearly 800 malicious packages has been published to the npm registry as part of a new campaign designed to deliver cross-platform malware targeting Windows, Mac, and Linux systems. "These packages appear to use AI slop squatted, or randomly generated typo-squatting package names, but all of them deliver a powerful RAT and infostealer payload," OpenSourceMalware researcher Paul
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