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Massive npm infection: the Shai-Hulud worm and patient zero

Introduction The modern development world is almost entirely dependent on third-party modules. While this certainly speeds up development, it also creates a massive attack surface for end users, since anyone can create these components. It is no surprise that malicious modules are becoming more common. When a single maintainer account for popular modules or a single popular dependency is compromised, it can quickly turn into a supply chain attack. Such compromises are now a frequent attack vector trending among threat actors. In the last month alone, there have been two major incidents that confirm this interest in creating malicious modules, dependencies, and packages. We have already discussed the recent compromise of popular npm packages. September 16, 2025 saw reports of a new wave of…

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Sep 25, 2025
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