Attackers stole a long-lived npm token from the lead axios maintainer and published two poisoned versions that drop a cross-platform RAT. Axios sits in 80% of cloud environments. Huntress confirmed ...
The popular JavaScript HTTP client Axios has been compromised in a supply chain attack, exposing projects to malware through malicious npm releases. Security researchers from StepSecurity identified ...
When hackers got access to an account belonging to the maintainer of Axios they inserted a script that granted remote access to users’ Windows, macOS, and Linux devices. This malicious version ...
With almost 175,000 npm projects listing the library as a dependency, the attack had a huge cascade effect and shows how quickly a compromised package can propagate through the ecosystem.
Updated: Hijacked maintainer account let attackers slip cross-platform trojan into 100M-downloads-a-week Axios ...
Another supply chain security threat emerged this week with the compromise of Axios. It is a popular JavaScript HTTP library, but for three hours, it ...
A sophisticated social engineering attack, disguised as a Microsoft Teams meeting, tricked the Axios lead maintainer into ...
Hackers infiltrated Axios maintainers using fake Slack channels and Teams calls, then published infected packages.
Up to four npm packages on Axios were replaced with malicious versions, in one of the most sophisticated supply chain attacks.