Attackers hijacked the npm account of Axios's lead maintainer and published two poisoned versions of one of JavaScript's most popular libraries - 83 million weekly downloads. Versions 1.14.1 and 0.30.4 inject a hidden dependency called plain-crypto-js that drops a cross-platform RAT targeting macOS, Windows, and Linux. The malware phones home within seconds of npm install, then deletes itself to avoid detection. Both release branches were hit within 39 minutes of each other.
The TeamPCP supply chain campaign has claimed its biggest victim yet. Attackers used credentials stolen from the Trivy vulnerability scanner compromise to breach Cisco's internal development environment, stealing source code belonging to both Cisco and its customers. Multiple AWS keys were also taken and used for unauthorized activity across Cisco's cloud accounts. The company expects continued fallout from the follow-on LiteLLM and Checkmarx compromises in the same campaign.
Check Point uncovered Operation TrueChaos - a Chinese-nexus espionage campaign that turned a video conferencing platform's update mechanism into a malware delivery system. The attackers compromised a central on-premises TrueConf server used by a government IT department, then swapped the legitimate client update with a weaponized package that deployed the Havoc post-exploitation framework. Every connected government agency pulled the poisoned update automatically, no individual endpoint compromise needed.
Hackers compromised the Telnyx Python SDK on PyPI and hid malware inside .wav sound files - disguised as audio to bypass security scanners. Versions 4.87.1 and 4.87.2 were poisoned - just importing the package triggers the attack. It grabs SSH keys, cloud credentials, and can hijack Kubernetes clusters. The malicious versions were live for about 6 hours before PyPI quarantined them.
One group, four major compromises, nine days. TeamPCP started by backdooring Aqua Security's Trivy vulnerability scanner on March 19 - then used the stolen CI/CD credentials to poison LiteLLM, Checkmarx tools, and Telnyx one after another. Each compromised tool handed them the keys to the next target. They've now partnered with the Vect ransomware gang to turn stolen access into extortion.
TrustStrike Labs