npm debug and chalk packages compromised (Aikido)
Date:
Mon, 08 Sep 2025 17:45:42 +0000
Description:
The Aikido blog describes an apparently ongoing series of phishing attacks against NPM package
maintainers, resulting in the uploading of compromised versions of heavily
used packages: All together, these packages have more than 2 billion
downloads per
week. The packages were updated to contain a piece of code that would be
executed on the client of a website, which silently intercepts
crypto and web3 activity in the browser, manipulates wallet
interactions, and rewrites payment destinations so that funds and
approvals are redirected to attacker-controlled accounts without
any obvious signs to the user.
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Link to news story:
https://lwn.net/Articles/1037167/
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