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A targeted supply chain attack attributed to Famous Chollima compromised a development branch of the legitimate PHP package 'roberts/leads' on Packagist. The attackers injected an obfuscated JavaScript loader into a tailwind.js configuration file, which utilizes blockchain RPC infrastructure as a dead drop to retrieve and execute secondary payloads like DEV#POPPER RAT, likely as part of a Contagious Interview developer lure.
A widespread supply chain attack compromised hundreds of GitHub repositories by injecting malicious postinstall scripts into package.json files and GitHub Actions workflows. The payload uses curl to download a remote Linux binary disguised as an SSH daemon, primarily targeting PHP projects that bundle JavaScript build tools to bypass standard Composer dependency reviews.
TeamPCP has partnered with BreachForums to launch a supply chain attack contest, incentivizing threat actors to compromise open-source packages using the open-sourced Shai-Hulud worm. The campaign targets CI/CD pipelines and developer environments to harvest credentials, posing a significant risk of downstream enterprise compromises.
The release of pnpm 11 introduces significant supply chain security enhancements, including a default 24-hour minimum release age for packages, the blocking of exotic subdependencies, and a streamlined allowBuilds model. These features are designed to mitigate rapid supply chain attacks, such as the recent Mini Shai-Hulud campaign, by restricting install-time execution and unexpected dependency sources.
The Mini Shai-Hulud supply chain attack campaign has expanded into the PHP ecosystem by compromising the widely used intercom/intercom-php package on Packagist. The malicious artifact abuses Composer plugin execution to download the Bun runtime and execute an obfuscated JavaScript payload designed to harvest and exfiltrate sensitive credentials from developer environments and CI/CD pipelines.
North Korea's Contagious Interview campaign has launched a coordinated supply chain attack across five major open-source ecosystems. The threat actors published malicious packages masquerading as legitimate developer tools that act as staged loaders to deliver remote access trojans (RATs) and infostealers to developer workstations.
Security researchers identified six malicious Composer packages on Packagist masquerading as OphimCMS themes. These packages contain trojanized JavaScript that executes client-side attacks, including URL exfiltration, ad injection, and redirects to gambling sites operated by the OFAC-sanctioned FUNNULL network.
Socket's Threat Research Team discovered a supply chain attack involving malicious Packagist packages that deploy an encrypted Remote Access Trojan (RAT). The packages, disguised as Laravel utilities, execute automatically upon application boot or class autoloading, granting the attacker full remote shell access, file manipulation, and system reconnaissance capabilities across Windows, macOS, and Linux environments.
