Hulud-like Sandworm_Mode supply chain attack targets NPM developers to steal secrets and poison AI assistants.

North Korean-linked campaign publishes 26 malicious npm packages hiding C2 in Pastebin, deploying credential stealers & RAT via 31 Vercel deployments.

The malicious version of Cline's npm package — 2.3.0 — was downloaded more than 4,000 times before it was removed.

While the AI itself wasn’t weaponized, the technique raises concerns about AI agents with broad system access.

The module targets Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Cursor, Microsoft Visual Studio Code (VS Code) Continue, and Windsurf. It also harvests API keys for nine large language models (LLM) providers: ...

Researchers warn malicious packages can harvest secrets, weaponize CI systems, and spread across projects while carrying a ...

The npm registry now includes Socket security analysis links directly on package pages to help developers assess supply chain risks.

In today’s 2 Minute Tech Briefing, AI is speeding cyberattacks, cutting breach-to-exfiltration to 72 minutes. A compromised npm token slipped OpenClaw into the Cline CLI, granting wide system and chat ...

60 packages have been discovered in the NPM index that attempt to collect sensitive host and network data and send it to a Discord webhook controlled by the threat actor. According to Socket’s Threat ...

Researchers warn malicious packages can harvest secrets, weaponize CI systems, and spread across projects while carrying a dormant wipe mechanism.