Malicious Go Crypto Module Steals Passwords and Deploys Rekoobe Backdoor

A sophisticated supply chain attack has been uncovered targeting Go developers through a malicious module that impersonates the legitimate golang.org/x/crypto library. The attack demonstrates how threat actors are increasingly exploiting namespace confusion to compromise developer environments and deploy persistent backdoors. The Attack Mechanism Security researchers at Socket discovered the malicious module github[.]com/xinfeisoft/crypto, which masquerades as…

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SANDWORMMODE: Self-Replicating npm Worm Steals Dev Secrets and Targets AI Coding Tools

A sophisticated supply chain worm dubbed SANDWORMMODE is actively targeting the npm ecosystem, compromising at least 19 malicious packages designed to steal developer credentials and CI/CD secrets while automatically spreading across repositories and workflows. Researchers at Socket identified the campaign, which uses typosquatted npm packages and poisoned GitHub Actions to infect developer machines and CI…

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