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Plain-crypto-js remote-access Trojan delivery

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The malicious plain-crypto-js dependency delivered a remote-access Trojan (RAT) that can run on Windows, Linux, and Mac, extending the open-source supply-chain compromise into a cross-platform malware delivery event.

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Timeline

  1. 04.04.2026 23:30 1 articles · 1mo ago

    Google links Axios npm compromise to UNC1069

    Attribution Update

    Google Threat Intelligence Group linked the Axios npm compromise to UNC1069, a financially motivated North Korea-nexus threat actor, based on the use of WAVESHAPER.V2 and overlaps with infrastructure artifacts used by UNC1069 in past activity. The Axios maintainers also wiped affected systems, reset all credentials, and are implementing changes to prevent similar incidents.

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  2. 31.03.2026 23:55 1 articles · 1mo ago

    Malicious Axios releases deliver plain-crypto-js RAT

    Initial Disclosure

    StepSecurity identified two malicious Axios releases, [email protected] and [email protected], after the maintainer account "jasonsaayman" was compromised. The releases added plain-crypto-js, a dependency that impersonated crypto-js and executed a script to install a remote-access Trojan capable of functioning across Windows, Linux, and Mac; the payload also self-deleted and replaced package.json to hinder forensic analysis, and the malicious releases were active only for a few hours before NPM removed the campaign.

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