Ongoing Supply Chain Attack Targets Crowdstrike Npm Packages
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Ongoing supply chain attack targets CrowdStrike NPM packages, highlighting security concerns.
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If you don't follow this space closely, here's the bigger picture: these are part of an organized campaign that's hitting popular packages and slipping in malware.
What makes this campaign different is how aggressive it is: the payload doesn’t just run locally -- it actively hunts for developer and CI/CD credentials, spins up rogue GitHub Actions, and uses those to keep propagating. That’s a step beyond the usual crypto miner or info stealer.
npm and other package registries have become the weakest link in modern software. Every developer depends on them, yet a single compromised dependency can cascade into thousands of downstream apps and companies.