Hulud-like Sandworm_Mode supply chain attack targets NPM developers to steal secrets and poison AI assistants.
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: ...
While the AI itself wasn’t weaponized, the technique raises concerns about AI agents with broad system access.
The open-source project npmx is used for fast searching of npm packages. It focuses on UX, displays vulnerability warnings, and offers a dark mode.
The malicious version of Cline's npm package — 2.3.0 — was downloaded more than 4,000 times before it was removed.
The npm registry now includes Socket security analysis links directly on package pages to help developers assess supply chain risks.
In a surprising move, the popular open source project, SheetJS aka "xlsx," has dropped support for the npm registry. Downloaded about 1.4 million times weekly on npm, SheetJS is relied upon by NodeJS ...
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 ...
A self-replicating npm worm dubbed SANDWORM_MODE hits 19+ packages, harvesting private keys, BIP39 mnemonics, wallet files and LLM API keys from dev environments.