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Latest analysis of npm/PyPI/cargo registry compromises, dependency confusion, and self-replicating worms (Shai-Hulud).
Improper Validation of Specified Quantity in Input in ZenHive mpp allows an unauthenticated remote client to inflate the fee-payer's gas cost per payment by a large multiplier, degrading the sponsor's operating margin. When the mpp Elixir
Meshtastic is an open source mesh networking solution. Prior to version 2.7.21.1370b23, the Meshtastic GitHub repository's main_matrix.yml workflow is triggered by pull_request_target and multiple jobs check out the attacker's fork code an
text-generation-inference through 3.3.7 contains a server-side request forgery (SSRF) vulnerability in the OpenAI-compatible multimodal chat completions endpoint that allows unauthenticated network attackers to coerce the server into issuin
aka NICKEL GLADSTONE, BeagleBoyz, Bluenoroff, Stardust Chollima, Sapphire Sleet, COPERNICIUM
[APT38](https://attack.mitre.org/groups/G0082) is a North Korean state-sponsored threat group that specializes in financial cyber operations; it has been attributed to the Reconnaissance General Bureau.(Citation: CISA AA20-239A BeagleBoyz August 2020) Active since at least 2014, [APT38](https://attack.mitre.org/groups/G0082) has targeted banks, financial institutions, casinos, cryptocurrency exchanges, SWIFT system endpoints, and ATMs in at least 38 countries worldwide. Significant operations include the 2016 Bank of Bangladesh heist, Bancomext (Citation: FireEye APT38 Oct 2018) and Banco de Chile (Citation: FireEye APT38 Oct 2018), along with software supply chain compromises and destructive malware attacks.(Citation: CISA AA20-239A BeagleBoyz August 2020)(Citation: FireEye APT38 Oct 2018)(Citation: DOJ North Korea Indictment Feb 2021)(Citation: Kaspersky Lazarus Under The Hood Blog 2017)(Citation: Microsoft Axios Compromise APR 2026)(Citation: Microsoft Sapphire Sleet APR 2026)(Citation: MIcrosoft Mastra npm Compromise JUN 2026) North Korean group definitions are known to have significant overlap, and some security researchers report all North Korean state-sponsored cyber activity under the name [Lazarus Group](https://attack.mitre.org/groups/G0032) instead of tracking clusters or subgroups.
aka Elderwood Gang, Beijing Group, Sneaky Panda
[Elderwood](https://attack.mitre.org/groups/G0066) is a suspected Chinese cyber espionage group that was reportedly responsible for the 2009 Google intrusion known as Operation Aurora. (Citation: Security Affairs Elderwood Sept 2012) The group has targeted defense organizations, supply chain manufacturers, human rights and nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), and IT service providers. (Citation: Symantec Elderwood Sept 2012) (Citation: CSM Elderwood Sept 2012)
aka Gleaming Pisces, Citrine Sleet, UNC1720, UNC4736
[AppleJeus](https://attack.mitre.org/groups/G1049) is a North Korean state-sponsored threat group attributed to the Reconnaissance General Bureau. Associated with the broader [Lazarus Group](https://attack.mitre.org/groups/G0032) umbrella of actors, [AppleJeus](https://attack.mitre.org/groups/G1049) has been active since at least 2018 and is closely aligned in resources with TEMP.hermit, another DPRK-affiliated group under the same umbrella.(Citation: dtex DPRK 2025 structure ITworkers) The group’s primary mission is to generate and launder revenue to provide financial support to the government. [AppleJeus](https://attack.mitre.org/groups/G1049) primarily targets the cryptocurrency industry and is most notably responsible for the [3CX Supply Chain Attack](https://attack.mitre.org/campaigns/C0057).(Citation: Mandiant 3cx UNC4736 2023) The group traditionally deploys malicious cryptocurrency software in combination with [Phishing](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1566). From these compromised environments, it selectively deploys additional backdoors to enable extended operations against high-value financial targets.(Citation: Mandiant DPRK Groups 2023)(Citation: JPCert Blog Laz Subgroups 2025)
aka TEMP.Isotope, DYMALLOY, Berserk Bear, TG-4192, Crouching Yeti, IRON LIBERTY
[Dragonfly](https://attack.mitre.org/groups/G0035) is a cyber espionage group that has been attributed to Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) Center 16.(Citation: DOJ Russia Targeting Critical Infrastructure March 2022)(Citation: UK GOV FSB Factsheet April 2022) Active since at least 2010, [Dragonfly](https://attack.mitre.org/groups/G0035) has targeted defense and aviation companies, government entities, companies related to industrial control systems, and critical infrastructure sectors worldwide through supply chain, spearphishing, and drive-by compromise attacks.(Citation: Symantec Dragonfly)(Citation: Secureworks IRON LIBERTY July 2019)(Citation: Symantec Dragonfly Sept 2017)(Citation: Fortune Dragonfly 2.0 Sept 2017)(Citation: Gigamon Berserk Bear October 2021)(Citation: CISA AA20-296A Berserk Bear December 2020)(Citation: Symantec Dragonfly 2.0 October 2017)
aka COBALT GYPSY, IRN2, APT34, Helix Kitten, Evasive Serpens, Hazel Sandstorm
[OilRig](https://attack.mitre.org/groups/G0049) is a suspected Iranian threat group that has targeted Middle Eastern and international victims since at least 2014. The group has targeted a variety of sectors, including financial, government, energy, chemical, and telecommunications. It appears the group carries out supply chain attacks, leveraging the trust relationship between organizations to attack their primary targets. The group works on behalf of the Iranian government based on infrastructure details that contain references to Iran, use of Iranian infrastructure, and targeting that aligns with nation-state interests.(Citation: FireEye APT34 Dec 2017)(Citation: Palo Alto OilRig April 2017)(Citation: ClearSky OilRig Jan 2017)(Citation: Palo Alto OilRig May 2016)(Citation: Palo Alto OilRig Oct 2016)(Citation: Unit42 OilRig Playbook 2023)(Citation: Unit 42 QUADAGENT July 2018)
aka Evasive Panda, BRONZE HIGHLAND
[Daggerfly](https://attack.mitre.org/groups/G1034) is a People's Republic of China-linked APT entity active since at least 2012. [Daggerfly](https://attack.mitre.org/groups/G1034) has targeted individuals, government and NGO entities, and telecommunication companies in Asia and Africa. [Daggerfly](https://attack.mitre.org/groups/G1034) is associated with exclusive use of [MgBot](https://attack.mitre.org/software/S1146) malware and is noted for several potential supply chain infection campaigns.(Citation: Symantec Daggerfly 2023)(Citation: ESET EvasivePanda 2023)(Citation: Symantec Daggerfly 2024)(Citation: ESET EvasivePanda 2024)
aka PCPCat, ShellForce, DeadCatx3, SHADOW-WATER-058, UNC6780
[TeamPCP](https://attack.mitre.org/groups/G1056) is a financially-motivated, cloud-native threat group that has been active since at least September 2025. Initially focused on ransomware and cryptocurrency theft, [TeamPCP](https://attack.mitre.org/groups/G1056) shifted in early 2026 to systematic, worm-driven credential theft and software supply chain attacks targeting Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) workflows. [TeamPCP](https://attack.mitre.org/groups/G1056) has monetized access through extortion and through partnerships with ransomware actors including Vect and CipherForce.(Citation: Wiz TeamPCP Profile MAY 2026)(Citation: Wiz Trivy Compromise MAR 2026)(Citation: Aqua Security Trivy Compromise MAR 2026)(Citation: Aqua Security Blog Trivy Compromise APR 2026)(Citation: Palo Alto TeamPCP MAR 2026)(Citation: Trend Micro TeamPCP MAY 2026)
Inside the LiteLLM 1.107.0 supply chain compromise: Credential theft through Python startup hooks
In this article Attack overview Technical details Mitigation and protection guidance Indicators of compromise References Learn More On October 21, 2026, a compromised LiteLLM 1.107.0 release was published to the Python Package Index (PyPI)
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly in Cybersecurity - Week 43 (2026)
The Good | Courts Sentence Tax Fraudster, Interpol Disrupts African Cybercrime, and Ex-AI Engineer Faces Wiretapping Charges A U.S. district court has sentenced Nigerian national Chukwuemeka Victor Amachukwu to eight years in prison for con
Weaponizing the Exit: Input Privacy Leakage via Exit Routing Manipulation in Multi-Exit Networks
arXiv:2610.31246v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Multi-exit networks improve inference efficiency by allowing inputs to terminate early at intermediate exits. We identify a privacy vulnerability in cloud deployments of these networks: a mali
The adversary economy: How threat actors are reacting to PHP2Shell
Two critical PHP vulnerabilities sent criminal forum operators scrambling to protect their own infrastructure, revealing that threat actors face the same exposure management challenges as the organizations they target. Key takeaways The
CVE-2026-109618 · CVE-2026-109619
Sign Here: Attributing a Source for a More Trustworthy Software Supply Chain
arXiv:2610.28794v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Software supply chain attacks continue to be on the rise, exploiting the trust that helps open source ecosystems thrive. Recent incidents like the Shai-Hulud worm and the Axios compromise demo
PatchRisk: Forecasting Future Vulnerability Exposure in Open-Source Dependency Networks
arXiv:2609.13719v2 Announce Type: replace Abstract: Open-source software ecosystems are web-scale dependency networks. A downstream package can become exposed to security risk not because its own source code changes, but because one of its
AI-driven, large-scale nation-state campaign using ARTEX enables supply chain compromise
In this article What's happening What is ARTEX? Mitigation and protection guidance References Learn more As early as September 2026, Storm-0940, a China-state aligned actor, used the agentic AI penetration testing framework ARTEX to automat
Shadow AI Detection Now Extends to Developer Workstations
ZIP files shared between co-workers containing new agent skills, locally-developed MCP servers passed between developers, and locally stored newly-minted agents are all seemingly harmless files that are commonly used in corporate software d
Anywhere, Any-Stymie: Remote Activation of Trojan Malware on LiDAR with Modulated Signals
arXiv:2606.17562v2 Announce Type: replace Abstract: LiDAR sensors are widely deployed in autonomous systems for safety-critical 3D perception. We identify a previously unexplored attack surface in which dormant malware, embedded in the LiDA
Unpacking Security Scanners for GitHub Actions Workflows
arXiv:2601.14455v3 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: GitHub Actions is a widely used platform to automate the build and deployment of software projects through configurable workflows. As the platform's popularity grows, it also becomes
Oracle October 2026 Critical Patch Update Addresses 1209 CVEs
Oracle addresses 1209 CVEs in its final quarterly update of 2026 with 1295 patches, including 112 critical updates. Key Takeaways The October 2026 Critical Patch Update (CPU) contains fixes for 1209 unique CVEs in 1295 security update
Supply Chain Zero Days: Closing the Gap Between Publication and Detection
When trusted packages are compromised, malicious code can quickly spread throughout and beyond developer environments. See how Wiz's supply chain pipeline identifies compromised packages at publication, helping teams detect zero-day supply
Bring Your Own Vulnerable Driver: What Detection Teams Should Actually Hunt
Bring your own vulnerable driver (BYOVD) is having a moment in endpoint security. Some of the buzz is earned. Some of it is overblown. This series unpacks both and shows the evidence for each. This piece turns the noise into specific behavi
Can SOLARBURST go silicon? A systematic analysis on software supply chain attacks for VLSI design flows
arXiv:2610.22580v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: An attacker targeting the software supply chain (SWSC) of VLSI tools can fully subvert the VLSI design pipeline through purely software level compromises. However, cur- rent literature on both
Mind the (Patch) Gap , Part 3: Analysis with Volexity Volcano, Threat Intel, and MCP
Last month, Volexity published two blog posts in its Mind the (Patch) Gap series. The series details Volexity's discovery of multiple Chinese threat actors simultaneously using zero-day exploits in Google Chrome and Microsoft Windows in cam
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly in Cybersecurity - Week 42 (2026)
The Good | Authorities Arrest Cyber Exec for Extortion & Dismantle DPRK Laptop Farms The FBI arrested Edward Dubrovsky, a Canadian former cybersecurity executive at incident response and ransomware negotiation firm CYPFER , on charges of co
Lessons from the SolarWinds Breach: A Discussion With CISO Tim Brown
At JFrog's swampUP 2026 conference in New York, security leaders gathered to tackle the rapidly evolving landscape of software supply chain security and AI-driven development. In this exclusive sit-down interview from the event, former Sola
Rapid7 Analysis: GitLab CI/CD Regex Integer Overflow (CVE-2026-97229)
Overview On October 12, 2026, GitLab released 19.4.2 , 19.3.5 , and 19.2.8 to fix CVE-2026-97229 , an integer overflow in its CI/CD regular-expression handling. The issue was reported through HackerOne by joaxcar . GitLab assigned it a CVSS
CVE-2026-97229
GoLeash: Mitigating Golang Software Supply Chain Attacks with Runtime Policy Enforcement
arXiv:2505.11016v2 Announce Type: replace Abstract: Modern software supply chain attacks consist of introducing new, malicious capabilities into trusted third-party software components, in order to propagate to a victim through a package de
Autonomous OSS Threat Detection via Taxonomy-Aligned LLMs
arXiv:2610.01263v2 Announce Type: replace Abstract: Open-source software (OSS) ecosystems face escalating supply chain threats, including typosquatting, dependency confusion, Trojan Source obfuscation, malicious build injection, and CI/CD p
Pricing the Unprovable: Ambiguity, Turnstile Runs, and the Verifiability Discount in Crypto Protocols
arXiv:2610.21540v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Privacy-preserving protocols can repair a vulnerability without establishing whether it was exploited beforehand, even when no theft is reported and aggregate supply is protected. We call th
Declared but Unaccountable: Measuring the Seller-Identity Gap in Advertising Supply-Chain Transparency
arXiv:2610.14661v2 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: Public advertising transparency relies on a minimum accountability condition: an account authorized by a publisher in ads$.$txt or app-ads$.$txt should appear in the applicable selle
JFrog Business Value Center: Celebrate the ROI of Your Software Supply Chain
You already know the effectiveness of the JFrog Platform - blocking risky packages, speeding up builds, securing the supply chain, providing end-to-end governance and so much more. But when it comes time to renew the license, a new VP may a
What You Sign Is Not What You Run: The Verifiability Gap in Quantized LLM Supply Chains
arXiv:2610.19498v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Model signing authenticates the full-precision weights W an LLM is released with, yet users run a quantized artifact Q whose producing transformation is not uniquely determined under current d
Bring Your Own Vulnerable Driver: How EDR Killing Became an Industry
Bring your own vulnerable driver (BYOVD) is having a moment in endpoint security. Some of the buzz is earned. Some of it is overblown. This series unpacks both and shows the evidence for each. This piece traces how the technique scaled into
CVE-2026-97229: Critical Unauthenticated Remote Code Execution in GitLab
Overview On October 12, 2026, GitLab published a critical patch release for CVE-2026-97229 , an integer overflow or wraparound ( CWE-190 ) in the CI/CD regular expression compiler affecting GitLab Community Edition (CE) and Enterprise Editi
CVE-2026-97229
Governing the Agentic SDLC Through Continuous Policy Enforcement
The way software gets built has changed faster than the standards that govern it. AI agents now create pull requests, select dependencies, refactor codebases, interpret test failures, and execute infrastructure changes across the entire Sof
Post-quantum authentication: Why organizations should start testing certificate ecosystems now
In this article Why post-quantum authentication presents a different challenge Why organizations should begin preparing now Microsoft's perspective on readiness Testing the future certificate ecosystem Expanding end-to-end testing What orga
Mend.io upgrades 184 open source organizations to the Renovate Community (OSS) plan
Mend.io has proactively upgraded 184 open source organizations and GitHub users to the Mend Renovate Community (OSS) plan, with no request required. The upgrade covers about 3,000 repositories with roughly 4 million combined GitHub stars. M
Inside the Exchange Inspector: How Tenable uses OpenAI GPT cyber models to review open-source AI agents
Community-built AI agents, skills, and MCP servers are landing in SOC workflows fast. Here's what the Exchange Inspector tests before a listing earns its vetted tag on the CyberAgents Exchange. Three tools have already passed. Ke
Evolution of Web3 in Cloud Supply Chain Attacks
Unit 42 details how threat actors leverage Web3 infrastructure and open-source supply chain attacks to breach enterprise cloud environments The post Evolution of Web3 in Cloud Supply Chain Attacks appeared first on Unit 42 .
NIST SSDF: 4 core practices for secure software development
What is the NIST Secure Software Development Framework (SSDF)? The NIST Secure Software Development Framework (SSDF) is a set of fundamental, outcome-based practices that integrate security throughout the software development lifecycle (SDL
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly in Cybersecurity - Week 39 (2026)
The Good | U.S. Court Sentences Initial Access Specialist Tied to Ryuk Ransomware A court has sentenced Armenian citizen Karen Serobovich Vardanyan to two years in federal prison and three years of supervised release for his role in launchi
What Is AI Governance? A Practical Framework for Security Teams
The speed of AI integration is rapidly outpacing corporate governance capabilities. Generative AI is now embedded in development workflows and business applications, while agentic AI can make decisions and take actions with limited human in
Insights from the 2026 Microsoft Digital Defense Report
Every year, the Microsoft Digital Defense Report gives us an opportunity to step back from individual threats and look broadly at what Microsoft's security and threat intelligence teams are seeing. Today, we released the 2026 Report , which
Preparing governments for an era of interconnected cyber risk
According to this year's Microsoft Digital Defense Report, government agencies and services were the sector most impacted by cyber threats in 2026, accounting for 27% of observed activity, up from 17% in 2025. Governments are also the most
Preparing governments for an era of interconnected cyber risk
According to this year's Microsoft Digital Defense Report, government agencies and services were the sector most impacted by cyber threats in 2026, accounting for 27% of observed activity, up from 17% in 2025. Governments are also the most
Insights from the 2026 Microsoft Digital Defense Report
Every year, the Microsoft Digital Defense Report gives us an opportunity to step back from individual threats and look broadly at what Microsoft's security and threat intelligence teams are seeing. Today, we released the 2026 Report , which
Securing the Kubernetes Supply Chain: Introducing WizOS Helm Charts
Secure your Kubernetes supply chain with WizOS Helm Charts. Eliminate hidden CI/CD risks and unmaintained dependencies with hardened, signed, and CVE-scanned charts for seamless Kubernetes deployment.
China-nexus UAT-11587 targets government and policy organizations across Asia with Antino backdoor
Cisco Talos uncovered a cluster of activity we track as UAT-11587 targeting government and policy organizations across Asia, including in Taiwan, India, the Philippines, and Cambodia, to deliver a previously undocumented backdoor referred t
The New Rules of Patching: When a Fix Becomes a Blueprint for Attackers
TL;DR: Frontier AI has collapsed the vulnerability exploit window from weeks to mere hours. Attackers now use advanced AI models to reverse-engineer published fixes and generate working exploits faster than human security teams can deploy u
NeedyMantis: Unpacking a post-compromise malware family used in targeted operations
In this article Observed operators and targeting Malware packaging and distribution NeedyMantis architecture and capabilities Mitigation and protection guidance Hunting queries Indicators of compromise Microsoft Threat Intelligence has iden
Why are SBOMs failing to stop supply chain attacks?
A software bill of materials (SBOM) could prevent most supply chain attacks. Let's analyze what's holding back their broader adoption.
Oracle September 2026 Critical Security Patch Update addresses 672 CVEs
Oracle addresses 672 CVEs in its September 2026 Critical Security Patch Update with 673 patches, including 104 critical updates. Key Takeaways The September 2026 Critical Security Patch Update (CSPU) contains fixes for 672 unique CVEs
Extending the Single Source of Truth to the Agentic Software Supply Chain
Every developer on your team now runs multiple agents. None of them are waiting for human sign-off to act. That's exactly the gap we discussed and closed at swampUP 2026 . JFrog unveiled new capabilities that extend the JFrog Platform as no
Live From the Show Floor: swampUP 2026
Live updates from this event have concluded. swampUP 2026 is officially LIVE in New York City! Three days, one stage, one mission: rebuild trust for a software supply chain that increasingly ships itself. Keynote updates land here as they h
DevGovOps: How the AI Era Dictates That Governance Lives Inside the Pipeline
For decades, proving compliance meant having a person behind every decision - an engineer who remembered the approval, an auditor who could call someone and get an answer. That model worked because humans wrote, reviewed, and shipped every
Every New Compliance Framework Restarts the Same Fire Drill. It Doesn’t Have To.
Every compliance audit starts the same way: Someone flags a deadline, the team scrambles to pull evidence, map controls, and prove that the policies running in production actually match what the framework requires. They make it through. The
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly in Cybersecurity - Week 35 (2026)
The Good | Authorities Launch New Operations Against Cybercrime Networks & Supply Chain Attackers Operation Jackal IV, coordinated by INTERPOL across 22 nations, has led to the arrest of 58 individuals and the identification of over 200 sus
OpenClaw went viral. Meet the maintainers building and securing it.
What began as a personal experiment quickly became a global open source project with extraordinary momentum. OpenClaw is a personal AI assistant that runs on users' devices and connects with the messaging channels they already use. Started
China-Linked Hackers Use ARTEX AI Agents in ConnectWise Supply Chain Attack
Microsoft on Wednesday disclosed that a China state-aligned actor dubbed Storm-0940 was behind the recent supply chain compromise of the ConnectWise Cloud Backup application. During the incident, Storm-0940 used ARTEX, a Go-based agentic AI penetration testing framework that was made closed-source in the wake of its abuse against South Korean financial institutions, to speed up scanning and
LiteLLM Compromised in Supply Chain Attack Delivering Credential Stealer and Backdoor
The popular LiteLLM Python package has been compromised as part of a software supply chain attack that delivered a credential stealer and a backdoor, according to reports from SafeDep, Socket, StepSecurity, and Upwind. The compromise affects LiteLLM 1.107.0, distributed through PyPI wheels and Docker images. The Python package has since been quarantined on Python Package Index (PyPI), and the
WordPress SEO plugin Rank Math compromised to backdoor websites
Some downloads of the Rank Math PRO WordPress plugin from the vendor's official website carried malware that planted hidden backdoors in a supply-chain attack last week. [...]
GhostAction Attackers Plant Credential Stealer Disguised as Font in 94 GitHub Repositories
The threat actor behind the GhostAction supply chain attack has expanded beyond injecting malicious GitHub Actions workflows into compromised projects to phish open-source developers and deliver a stealer malware disguised within a fake font file. The latest evolution, detailed by OpenSourceMalware, signals that the attackers are actively refining their modus operandi in response to steps
Hackers breach Microsoft 365 tenants via ConnectWise supply-chain attack
ConnectWise has shut down customer access to its Cloud Backup service (formerly SkyKick Cloud Backup) after hackers accessed application identities and compromised Microsoft 365 tenants. [...]
MALFEX npm Package 'imgdecode' Hides Shellcode Loader in Windows Native Addon
Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a malicious npm package that's part of a recently disclosed software supply chain attack campaign dubbed MALFEX. The package, named "imgdecode," was uploaded to the package registry on September 30, 2026, by a user named "malfexteste8." It has been downloaded 979 times as of writing and is still available on npm as of writing. The latest version of
Ledger asks sellers across Asia to halt sales after supply-chain attack
Ledger has asked resellers and distributors of its wallets in Indonesia, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines, Vietnam, Malaysia, and Hong Kong to suspend device sales and remove products from shelves while it investigates device tampering. [...]
Tensorlake npm Package Compromised to Deliver Shai-Hulud Credential-Stealing Worm
The npm package known as "tensorlake," a TypeScript software development kit (SDK) for Tensorlake applications, sandboxes, and cloud services, was compromised as part of a ChainDrop / Shai-Hulud supply chain attack. The malicious version 0.5.144 "contains obfuscated malware that harvests credentials, exfiltrates secrets, establishes persistence, and executes remotely supplied code," Socket said
Eight Malicious npm Packages Downloaded 40,767 Times Deliver Overlord RAT and Stealer
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a long-running npm supply chain malware campaign that pushes information stealers and remote access trojans (RAT) to compromised hosts. The campaign has been codenamed MALFEX by CloudSEK and Checkmarx. The activity is assessed to be the work of a lone threat actor who appears to have published 12 packages since August 2023, eight of which have
Two Alleged ‘TeamPCP’ Hackers Arrested in Australia
Authorities in Australia have arrested two men believed to be members of TeamPCP , a prolific cybercrime and data extortion group blamed for perpetrating the longest running spree of software supply chain attacks ever. In a statement released today, the Australian Federal Police (AFP) said two men from Western Australia, aged 21 and 23, were arrested in connection with a “sophisticated cybercrime syndicate that allegedly created malicious open-source software to rob thousands of global businesses.” The AFP did not name the defendants, but KrebsOnSecurity learned the 21-year-old suspect’s real identity in June, and has been communicating with him ever since. This story includes interviews with TeamPCP’s self-described spokesperson, and examines clues left behind by the TeamPCP leader that likely led to his undoing. TeamPCP vaulted onto the cybercrime scene in late 2025, embedding malicious code in hundreds of open source software tools and extorting victims for profit. Members of the group made headlines by compromising corporate cloud environments using a self-propagating worm dubbed Shai-Hulud , which added malicious code to open source programs maintained by developers whose credentials at public code repositories like GitHub or NPM were phished or stolen. Writing for Wired , journalist Andy Greenberg described TeamPCP’s core tactic as a kind of cyclical exploitation of software developers. “The hackers gain access to a network where an open source tool commonly used by coders is being developed,” Greenberg wrote in May . “The hackers plant malware in the tool that ends up on other software developers’ machines, including some who are writing other tools intended to be used by coders. The malware allows TeamPCP’s hackers to steal credentials that let them publish malicious versions of those software development tools, too. The cycle repeats, and TeamPCP’s collection of breached networks grows.” TeamPCP also has practiced something akin to cyclical recruitment. In
ShapedPlugin WordPress Pro Plugins Backdoored in Supply Chain Attack
Multiple WordPress plugins from ShapedPlugin were compromised in a supply chain attack after unknown threat actors managed to tamper with the official release channels and push backdoor code. "Attackers compromised the vendor's build and distribution pipeline, injecting backdoor code into Pro plugin releases distributed through official licensed update channels," Wordfence said in an analysis
Microsoft links Mastra AI supply chain attack to North Korean hackers
Microsoft has attributed a recent Mastra AI supply chain attack that compromised more than 140 npm packages to the North Korean hacking group Sapphire Sleet, also known as BlueNoroff. [...]
ShapedPlugin update flow hacked to infect WordPress sites
Multiple WordPress plugins from ShapedPlugin were compromised in a supply chain attack that distributed infected releases to paying customers via the vendor's official update system. [...]
144 Mastra npm Packages Compromised via Hijacked Contributor Account
As many as 144 npm packages associated with the Mastra namespace ("@mastra/*"), a popular open-source JavaScript and TypeScript framework for building artificial intelligence (AI) applications, have been compromised as part of a software supply chain attack codenamed easy-day-js, per findings from JFrog, SafeDep, Socket, and StepSecurity. "A single npm account (ehindero) mass-published more
OptinMonster WordPress plugin hacked in CDN supply-chain attack
WordPress plugins OptinMonster, TrustPulse, and PushEngage have been compromised in a supply-chain attack impacting Awesome Motive-s content distribution network (CDN). [...]
Early Warning Signs of Supply-Chain Attacks Live in the Dark Web
GitHub access sales, leaked repositories, and stolen API keys can all become supply-chain attack footholds. Flare explores how underground forums expose early signals tied to software supply-chain risk. [...]
ThreatsDay Bulletin: Worm Code Leaked, AI Agent Phished, Claude Action Patch + 28 New Stories
It's been one of those weeks. You expect the usual noise: recycled malware, sloppy attacks, another easy target getting hit. Instead, there's a supply chain attack kit in a public repo, a $5,000-a-month RAT that clones browsers, and research showing AI agents can be tricked into leaking real credentials. The bigger problem is how polished this all looks now. Mule networks run like SaaS.
OceanLotus Hits Vietnam Investors With SPECTRALVIPER in FireAnt Attack
The Vietnam-aligned threat actor known as OceanLotus has been attributed to two distinct campaigns that targeted domestic entities and stock investors with a backdoor known as SPECTRALVIPER. The campaigns involve a prolonged cyber espionage operation aimed at a Vietnamese infrastructure and transport construction corporation between mid-2024 and February 2026, as well as a supply chain attack
GitHub to Disable npm Install Scripts by Default to Stop Supply Chain Attacks
GitHub has announced what it said are "breaking changes" coming to npm version 12, one of which turns off install scripts by default to combat software supply chain threats. The changes aim to combat attack techniques that abuse the "npm install" command to trigger the execution of malicious code using npm lifecycle hooks. "Npm install" is used to download and install all the necessary
The ‘Miasma’ worm source code briefly leaked on GitHub
The Miasma credential-stealing attack framework, which has recently targeted open-source ecosystems through supply-chain attacks, was briefly open-sourced on GitHub. [...]
GitHub announces npm security changes to tackle supply-chain attacks
GitHub has announced that npm v12, expected next month, will introduce several security-focused changes aimed at blocking supply-chain attacks abusing behaviors triggered by the 'npm install' command. [...]
Hades PyPI Attack: 19 Packages Poisoned to Auto-Run Bun Credential Stealer
The Miasma supply chain campaign has sparked a fresh attack wave called Hades, this time involving 37 malicious wheel artifacts across 19 packages in the Python Package Index (PyPI) registry, as the Mini Shai-Hulud-style attacks continue to be refined and splintered to target specific ecosystems. "The compromised releases shipped a *-setup.pth file that attempts to execute automatically
New Shai-Hulud attack trojanizes 19 science-focused PyPI packages
Hackers compromised 19 packages on the PyPI, collectively downloaded hundreds of thousands of times, in a new Shai-Hulud supply-chain attack that delivered malware designed to steal developer secrets. [...]
TeamPCP Supply Chain Campaign: Activity Through 2026-06-07, (Mon, Jun 8th)
This diary continues the Internet Storm Center's tracking of the TeamPCP supply chain campaign, first documented in the SANS white paper When the Security Scanner Became the Weapon and most recently in the handler diary Activity Through 2026-05-24. Since that update, the story moved into two new places: the United States government, which formally caught up to the campaign, and the wider population of attackers now wielding the Mini Shai-Hulud framework that TeamPCP open-sourced last month.
VS Code Adds 2-Hour Extension Auto-Update Delay to Limit Supply Chain Attacks
Microsoft has announced that Visual Studio Code (VS Code) will apply a two-hour delay before extensions for the integrated development environment (IDE) are updated automatically to a newer version in an attempt to tackle software supply chain threats. "When automatic updates are enabled, new versions are auto-updated two hours after they are published, adding an extra layer of protection
Miasma Worm Hits 73 Microsoft GitHub Repositories in Major Supply Chain Attack
Microsoft's GitHub repositories have become the latest to fall victim to the ongoing Miasma self-replicating supply chain attack campaign. The incident impacted 73 Microsoft repositories across four of its GitHub organizations, including Azure, Azure-Samples, Microsoft, and MicrosoftDocs, per OpenSourceMalware. The development has GitHub to disable access to those repositories. "Access to this
IronWorm and New Miasma Worm Variant Hit npm in Supply Chain Attacks
Multiple software supply chain attacks have hit the npm ecosystem, with threat actors using both malicious and poisoned versions of over 50 legitimate packages to distribute a Rust-based information stealer and a self-spreading worm, respectively. According to JFrog, the information stealer "scrapes every secret it can find on a developer's machine, hides behind an eBPF kernel rootkit, and
Hola Browser for Windows compromised to deliver cryptominer
The Windows version of the Hola Browser has been compromised in a supply chain attack that delivered an undeclared executable identified by researchers as a cryptocurrency miner. [...]
Miasma Supply Chain Attack Compromises Red Hat npm Packages with Credential-Stealing Worm
A new Mini Shai-Hulud supply chain attack campaign, codenamed Miasma, has compromised @redhat-cloud-services packages to steal credentials and secrets from developer machines and deliver a self-propagating worm. "This is effectively a Mini Shai-Hulud campaign: it uses the same core tactics of install-time execution, credential harvesting, CI/CD targeting, encrypted exfiltration, and potential
OpenAI Codex Authentication Tokens Stolen in codexui-android npm Supply Chain Attack
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a new malicious supply chain campaign that's targeting developers using OpenAI Codex through a legitimate-looking remote web UI. The tool, named codexui-android, is advertised on GitHub and npm as a remote web UI for OpenAI Codex, attracting over 29,000 weekly downloads. The package is still available for download from the repository. What
Supply Chain Compromises Impact Nx Console and GitHub Repositories
<p>CISA is prioritizing the response to multiple emerging software supply chain intrusion campaigns targeting developer ecosystems Continuous Integration/Continuous Development (CI/CD) pipelines. These recent incidents, including the GitHub compromise via a malicious Nx Console Visual Studio Code (VS Code) extension and the “Megalodon” supply chain intrusion campaign, demonstrate how cyber threat actors are abusing tools and processes that support enterprise, cloud, and DevOps environments—specifically CI/CD pipelines, code extensions and workflows. </p> <p>Threat actors leveraged a prior compromise of Nx developer systems to compromise a GitHub employee’s device through a poisoned third-party VS Code extension, resulting in unauthorized access and exfiltration of internal GitHub repositories. The malicious extension version (18.95.0) was distributed through VS Code’s automatic update mechanism, meaning systems with Nx Console previously installed may have received the malicious build without developers taking any manual installation action. GitHub released a <a href="https://github.com/nrwl/nx-console/security/advisories/GHSA-c9j4-9m59-847w" target="_blank">security advisory</a> on this activity, and <a href="https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-48027" target="_blank">CVE-2026-48027</a> has been assigned to the malicious version of Nx Console and added to <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog">CISA’s Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) Catalog</a>.</p> <p>Additionally, in a campaign known as “Megalodon,” a cyber threat actor injected malicious GitHub Action workflows to harvest CI/CD secrets, cloud credentials, and tokens, impacting both development and deployment pipelines in public GitHub repositories.</p> <p>CISA urges organizations to implement the following recommendations to detect and remediate a potential compromise:</p> <ul> <li>Monitor and audit workflow files and contributor activity for suspicious pull re
CVE-2026-48027