Aug 4, 2026: the keyv worm hit 12 unrelated orgs in 3h43m, and the poisoned builds carried valid GitHub Actions provenance. Why rotating credentials first is the thing that triggers the payload.
Checkmarx flagged 7 Vite-lookalike npm packages as ViteVenom. What actually triggers (bin/vite.js, not install), the Tron/Aptos/BSC C2 chain, and why npm v12 allowScripts and release-age gates don't stop it.
JFrog found 6 npm packages posing as Rollup polyfills. They install a second-stage package via CJS require(), not postinstall, then pull a RAT through JSONKeeper.
Ghost 3.24.0–6.19.0 Content API SQLi leaked Admin API keys and injected ClickFix loaders into posts. Patch to 6.19.1+, rotate keys, and grep post bodies.
Chainguard has blocked 52,000+ npm packages as malware or greyware, scanning 100,000+ a day, catching README-honest credential CLIs that release-age gates and npm v12 miss.
On June 17, 2026 Mastra's @mastra/* packages were re-published with an added easy-day-js dependency whose postinstall runs a RAT at install. Counts: 116 official vs 143–144 external.
GitHub disabled 73 Microsoft repos after an Azure/durabletask commit. Miasma used Claude Code, Gemini CLI, Cursor, and VS Code config, not npm install.
TrapDoor planted 34 packages across npm, PyPI and Crates.io to steal Solana/Sui/Aptos wallet keys. Each registry fires differently: postinstall, import-time, and Rust build.rs.
CVE-2026-5426 zero-day: KnowledgeDeliver's shared ASP.NET machineKey → ViewState RCE → Godzilla in memory → Cobalt Strike via JS tampering. Hunting starts at Event ID 1316.
The May 19 Mini Shai-Hulud wave compromised 314 npm packages under @antv via the `atool` maintainer account. After rolling back lockfiles, payload entry points stay behind in .claude/settings.json SessionStart hooks, .vscode/tasks.json folderOpen tasks, systemd user services, and .github/workflows/codeql.yml. Concrete IoCs and the gh-token-monitor wipe ordering before rotation.
SANS ISC (2026-04-30): a fake Homebrew Google sponsored ad drops MacSync Stealer through a 225-byte zsh that fans out into 1,448- and 2,647-byte stages, fakes a 'System Preferences' osascript dialog, and ships Keychain, browser data, crypto wallets, and `.ssh` to glowmedaesthetics[.]com over plain HTTP. IoCs, detection points, and MITRE ATT&CK mapping included.
May 12: TeamPCP open-sourced the Shai-Hulud worm on GitHub. Datadog mapped its module pipeline (Loader/Provider/Collector/Dispatcher/Sender/Mutator) and Claude Code SessionStart hook for persistence. May 15: BreachForums opened a paid attack challenge. Detection notes for the copycat wave.
