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GlassWorm supply-chain malware wave across GitHub, npm, and VSCode/OpenVSX

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GlassWorm returned in a new coordinated supply-chain attack that compromised 433 components across GitHub, npm, and VSCode/OpenVSX, creating a broad software-distribution risk. The malicious packages and extensions delivered a JavaScript infostealer that steals wallet data, credentials, access tokens, SSH keys, and developer environment data. Attackers also used Solana blockchain instructions and obfuscated code to steer payload delivery and evade detection. The wave matters because it reaches developer tooling and open-source repositories used to seed downstream compromise.

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Malware Activity
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Campaign
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Incident
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Timeline

  1. 28.04.2026 00:41 1 articles · 29d ago

    GlassWorm OpenVSX wave uses 73 sleeper extensions

    Campaign Scope Update

    GlassWorm returned in an OpenVSX supply-chain wave with 73 cloned sleeper extensions that were benign at upload and later turned malicious after an update, with six already activated to deliver malware. The extensions act as thin loaders that fetch payloads through GitHub-hosted secondary VSIX packages, platform-specific .node modules, or heavily obfuscated JavaScript, shifting the campaign toward submitting innocuous extensions first and introducing the malicious payload later.

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  2. 17.03.2026 23:42 2 articles · 2mo ago

    GlassWorm renewed supply-chain wave targets GitHub, npm, and VSCode/OpenVSX

    Initial Disclosure

    On 2026-03-17, GlassWorm was linked to a renewed supply-chain wave that compromised 433 components across GitHub, npm, and VSCode/OpenVSX, including force-pushed malicious commits, obfuscated packages and extensions using invisible Unicode characters, and Solana blockchain instructions used to steer payload delivery. The malicious code delivered a JavaScript-based information stealer that targets cryptocurrency wallet data, credentials, access tokens, SSH keys, and developer environment data.

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