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The North Korean state-sponsored hacking group Lazarus has been implicated in a sophisticated supply chain attack targeting developers through malicious Node Package Manager (NPM) packages. Security researchers have identified the package, postcss-optimizer, as a key vector for delivering malware to unsuspecting victims. The malicious package, postcss-optimizer, masquerades as a legitimate library, mimicking the widely used postcss libraries.

Multiple malicious npm packages have been discovered targeting Solana private keys. These packages, including ‘@async-mutex/mutex’, ‘dexscreener’, ‘solana-transaction-toolkit’, and ‘solana-stable-web-huks’, use typosquatting to appear legitimate while secretly stealing and exfiltrating private keys via Gmail SMTP. This poses a substantial risk to users of Solana wallets.

A confusion between two similar NPM commands, ‘npm add user’ and ‘npm adduser,’ has led to a significant number of developers inadvertently installing a benign ‘user’ package. This typo, exploited by the similarities in commands, highlights a potential supply chain risk. The package, currently benign, could be updated with malicious code, exposing developers who have made this common error.

Malicious npm packages are targeting Ethereum developers, impersonating Hardhat plugins to steal private keys and other sensitive data. These packages, with names similar to legitimate Hardhat plugins, are downloaded over 1,000 times, potentially backdooring production systems and causing financial losses. The attackers use Ethereum smart contracts to store and distribute Command & Control (C2) server addresses to compromised systems. The attack uses a supply chain vulnerability.

A supply chain attack has compromised open-source packages associated with rspack and vant, injecting cryptomining malware. The compromised packages had hundreds of thousands of weekly downloads, posing a significant threat to users of these projects. The affected version is 1.1.7. This event underscores the growing threat of supply chain attacks targeting open-source software projects. The vulnerability emphasizes the need for stronger security protocols in open-source ecosystems and for better vetting of dependencies.

A supply chain attack compromised versions 1.95.6 and 1.95.7 of the @solana/web3.js npm library, a critical JavaScript tool used for Solana blockchain applications. Malicious code inserted into the library could steal private keys, potentially leading to cryptocurrency theft. The compromise affected numerous applications and individual wallets, highlighting the risks of software supply chain attacks in the cryptocurrency space. Developers are urged to upgrade or downgrade the library to avoid compromise.