Hackers slipped a trojan into the code library behind most of the internet. Your team is probably affected

Attackers stole a long-lived npm token from the lead axios maintainer and published two poisoned versions that drop a ...

Hacker hijacks Axios open-source project, used by millions, to push malware

A hacker inserted malware in Axios, an open-source web tool downloaded tens of millions of times weekly, in a widespread hack ...

North Korea hackers suspected of attack on widely used software tool Axios

North Korea-linked hackers have launched a significant cyberattack on Axios, a popular JavaScript library, raising concerns ...
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Hacker Tries to Spread Malware to Millions by Hitting 'Axios NPM' Software

Axios functions as pre-built software that a developer can easily incorporate into a JavaScript project. However, a hacker ...
Nextgov

North Korea-linked hackers suspected in Axios open-source hijack, Google analysts say

The full breadth of this incident is still unclear, but given the popularity of the compromised package, we expect it will ...
The Hacker News

Google Attributes Axios npm Supply Chain Attack to North Korean Group UNC1069

Google links Axios npm supply chain attack to UNC1069 after trojanized versions 1.14.1 and 0.30.4 spread WAVESHAPER.V2, ...
Tech Xplore

North Korea hackers suspected of attack on widely used software tool

Hackers linked to North Korea are suspected of an ambitious attack on an inconspicuous but widely used software package, ...
Infosecurity Magazine

Hackers Hijack Axios npm Package to Spread RATs

Threat actors hijacked the popular npm package axios to spread RAT malware after compromising an open‑source maintainer’s ...

A popular coding tool was hijacked to deliver malware.

A hacker took over an account belonging to the lead maintainer of the JavaScript library, Axios, which is used to handle HTTP requests, as reported by Cybernews. Security researchers found that ...
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Hackers compromise Axios, one of the most widely used software libraries

Axios is published and maintained on npm, the default package registry for JavaScript and Node.js projects. It is used to ...
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North Korean hackers implicated in major supply chain attack

Suspected North Korean hackers are believed to be behind an ongoing compromise of the widely used open-source package Axios, ...

'Hundreds of thousands of stolen secrets could potentially be circulating as a result of these recent attacks': Google says North Korean hackers behind major attack on Axi…

It is exactly this backdoor that had Google conclude this was a North Korea-sponsored campaign. GTIG said WAVESHAPER.V2 is an ...