supply chain attack

Pierluigi Paganini May 16, 2026
OpenAI hit by supply chain attack linked to malicious TanStack packages

OpenAI said the TanStack supply chain attack compromised two employee devices and exposed credentials from code repositories. OpenAI confirmed that the recent TanStack supply chain attack compromised two employee devices and exposed credential material stored in internal source code repositories. The incident began after the TeamPCP hacking group abused weaknesses in the package publishing process […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 10, 2026
Official JDownloader site served malware to Windows and Linux users between May 6 and May 7

JDownloader website was hacked to distribute malicious Windows and Linux installers carrying a Python RAT between May 6–7, 2026. JDownloader official website was compromised in a supply chain attack that replaced legitimate Windows and Linux installers with malicious files between May 6 and May 7, 2026. JDownloader is a free, open-source download management application designed […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 01, 2026
Google links Axios npm supply chain attack to North Korea-linked APT UNC1069

Google links the Axios npm supply chain attack to North Korean threat group UNC1069, targeting financial gain. Google has attributed the recent Axios npm supply chain compromise to a North Korean threat group tracked as UNC1069. The attack, aimed at financial gain, exploited the package to target developers and organizations relying on Axios. John Hultquist […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 31, 2026
Attackers hijack Axios npm account to spread RAT malware

Threat actors hijacked the npm account of Axios to distribute RAT malware via malicious package updates. Threat actors compromised the npm account of Axios, a widely used library with over 100M weekly downloads, and published malicious versions to spread remote access trojans across Linux, Windows, and macOS. The supply chain attack was identified by multiple […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 01, 2026
Trust Wallet confirms second Shai-Hulud supply-chain attack, $8.5M in crypto stolen

Trust Wallet says a second Shai-Hulud supply-chain attack likely compromised its Chrome extension, leading to the theft of about $8.5M in crypto. Trust Wallet linked a second Shai-Hulud supply-chain attack to its Chrome extension hack, which resulted in the theft of about $8.5 million in crypto assets. The investigation reveals that the attacker independently developed […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 20, 2025
A cyberattack on Collins Aerospace disrupted operations at major European airports

A cyberattack on Collins Aerospace disrupted operations at major European airports, with Heathrow, Brussels, and Berlin most affected. A cyber attack on Collins Aerospace disrupted check-in and boarding systems at major European airports, heavily impacting Heathrow, Brussels, and Berlin. The outage caused numerous flight delays and cancellations, forcing manual operations. Collins Aerospace is a major […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 16, 2025
New supply chain attack hits npm registry, compromising 40+ packages

Researchers uncovered a new supply chain attack targeting the npm registry that impacted over 40 packages belonging to multiple maintainers. Security researchers at Socket uncovered a malicious update to @ctrl/tinycolor, a package with 2.2M weekly downloads on npm. While investigating the case, they discovered it was linked to a larger supply chain attack that compromised […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 27, 2025
Taking over millions of developers exploiting an Open VSX Registry flaw

A critical flaw in Open VSX Registry could let attackers hijack the VS Code extension hub, exposing millions of developers to supply chain attacks. Cybersecurity researchers at Koi Security discovered a critical vulnerability in the Open VSX Registry (open-vsx.org) that could have let attackers take over the Visual Studio Code extensions marketplace, endangering millions of […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 08, 2025
Over 950K weekly downloads at risk in ongoing supply chain attack on Gluestack packages

A supply chain attack hit NPM, threat actors compromised 16 popular Gluestack packages, affecting 950K+ weekly downloads. Researchers from Aikido Security discovered a new supply chain attack targeted NPM, compromising 16 popular Gluestack ‘react-native-aria’ packages with over 950K weekly downloads. The attack began on June 6 at 4:33 PM EST with a malicious update to […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 05, 2025
Sansec uncovered a supply chain attack via 21 backdoored Magento extensions

Supply chain attack via 21 backdoored Magento extensions hit 500–1,000 e-stores, including a $40B multinational. Sansec researchers reported that multiple vendors were hacked in a coordinated supply chain attack, the experts discovered that a backdoor was hidden in 21 applications. Curiously, the malicious code was injected 6 years ago, but the supply chain attack was […]