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CISA warns of malware discovered in npm package UAParser.js, which has 6M-7M downloads weekly, that installs a password stealer and a crypto miner

A massively popular JavaScript library (npm package) was hacked today and modified with malicious code that downloaded and installed … Source: GitHub , CISA , and GitHub .

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  • @campuscodi Catalin Cimpanu on x
    NEW: CISA warned today about the compromise of a major JavaScript/npm library with millions of weekly downloads -The library, called UAParser.js, was compromised with a cryptominer -Library author said their account was hijacked https://therecord.media/... https://twitter.com/...
  • @uscert_gov Us-Cert on x
    Versions (0.7.29, 0.8.0, and 1.0.0 ) of a popular NPM package named ua-parser-js was found to contain malicious code. Please update to the patched versions (0.7.30, 0.8.1, 1.0.1). More in our alert: https://us-cert.cisa.gov/... GitHub advisory: https://github.com/...
  • @__davidflanagan David Flanagan on x
    I feel like NPM revolutionized software development for the web and now has the potential to destroy software development for the web https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
  • @nsa_csdirector Rob Joyce on x
    Important @CISAgov alert: Malware inserted into widely used JavaScript library (npm package) AParser.js which reads information stored inside user-agent strings. Developers must update to patched versions: 0.7.30, 0.8.1, 1.0.1 https://therecord.media/...
  • @marypcbuk Scary Mary Branscombe on x
    Software supply chain problems and of course it's a cryptominer. Crypot is why we can't have nice things https://twitter.com/...
  • @bytesafedev Bytesafe on x
    Beware: compromised versions of #npm package ua-parser-js. Malicious versions have been deprecated and flagged. Details: https://github.com/... Take steps to handle your dependencies securely. #node #javascript #nodejs #supplychainsecurity
  • @jnitterauer Jim Nitterauer on x
    This won't end well. Malware found in npm package with millions of weekly downloads - The Record by Recorded Future https://therecord.media/...
  • @drewchurch Drew Church on x
    Another (IMO) supply chain compromise - this time with a popular JS library ua-parser-js. 2.5m public repos on GH, 7m weekly downloads on NPM. Oof. https://github.com/...
  • @campuscodi Catalin Cimpanu on x
    IOCs here: https://github.com/... Here's a very sane advice from GitHub's security team: https://twitter.com/...
  • @ulldma @ulldma on x
    Popular npm package ‘ua-parser-js’ has been compromised. The preinstall-code added to the compromised artifacts has not been obfuscated. https://github.com/... #supplychainsecurity https://twitter.com/...
  • @adam_baldwin Adam Baldwin on x
    We consume 3rd party code with less vetting than Halloween candy. https://twitter.com/...