Critical NPM Package Compromise: How a Simple Phishing Attack Infected Millions of Downloads
Summary A sophisticated phishing campaign recently succeeded in compromising several widely-used npm packages, demonstrating how social engineering can bypass traditional security measures. The attackers cleverly used stolen credentials to inject malware directly into trusted npm packages without ever touching the corresponding GitHub repositories, making detection significantly more challenging. This incident serves as a stark reminder that even the most popular and trusted packages in our dependency chains can become vectors for malicious code distribution. ...