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Self-Propagating Supply Chain Worm Hijacks npm Packages to Steal Developer Tokens

Cybersecurity researchers have flagged a fresh set of packages that have been compromised by bad actors to deliver a self-propagating worm that spreads through stolen developer npm tokens. The supply chain worm has been detected by both Socket and StepSecurity, with the companies tracking the activity under the name CanisterSprawl owing to the use of an ICP canister to exfiltrate the stolen data, in a tactic reminiscent of TeamPCP's CanisterWorm to make the infrastructure resilient to takedowns. The list of affected packages is below - @automagik/genie (4.260421.33 - 4.260421.40) @fairwords/loopback-connector-es (1.4.3 - 1.4.4) @fairwords/websocket (1.0.38 - 1.0.39) @openwebconcept/design-tokens (1.0.1 - 1.0.3) @openwebconcept/theme-owc (1.0.1 - 1.0.3) pgserve (1.1.11 - 1.1.14) The…

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Apr 22, 2026
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