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Malicious PyPi package steals Discord auth tokens from devs
A malicious package named ‘pycord-self’ on the Python package index (PyPI) targets Discord developers to steal authentication tokens and plant a backdoor for remote control over the system. The package mimics the highly popular ‘discord.py-self,’ which has nearly 28 million downloads, and even offers the functionality of the legitimate project. The official package is a Python library that allows communication with Discord’s…
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Malicious Rspack, Vant packages published using stolen NPM tokens
Three popular npm packages, @rspack/core, @rspack/cli, and Vant, were compromised through stolen npm account tokens, allowing threat actors to publish malicious versions that installed cryptominers. The supply chain attack, spotted by both Sonatype and Socket researchers, deployed the XMRig cryptocurrency miner on compromised systems for mining the hard-to-trace Monero privacy cryptocurrency. Additionally, Sonatype discovered that all three npm packages fell…
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Internet Archive breached again through stolen access tokens
The Internet Archive was breached again, this time on their Zendesk email support platform after repeated warnings that threat actors stole exposed GitLab authentication tokens. Since last night, BleepingComputer has received numerous messages from people who received replies to their old Internet Archive removal requests, warning that the organization has been breached as they did not correctly rotate their stolen…
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GitHub Actions artifacts found leaking auth tokens in popular projects
Multiple high-profile open-source projects, including those from Google, Microsoft, AWS, and Red Hat, were found to leak GitHub authentication tokens through GitHub Actions artifacts in CI/CD workflows. Attackers stealing these tokens could gain unauthorized access to private repositories, steal source code, or inject malicious code into projects. The discovery by Palo Alto Networks’ Unit 42 prompted action by owners of…
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