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CHAINDROP SUPPLY CHAIN COMPROMISE: ANATOMY OF A SELF-PROPAGATING WORM

microsoft.com10 min read

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Microsoft identified a self-propagating supply chain attack affecting more than 400 npm packages. The malware steals npm, GitHub, AWS, Kubernetes, and HashiCorp Vault credentials from developer machines and CI systems, then uses stolen publishing tokens to infect and republish additional packages automatically.