Researchers Detect Malicious npm Package Targeting GitHub-Owned Repositories

Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a malicious npm package named “@acitons/artifact” that typosquats the legitimate “@actions/artifact” package with the intent to target GitHub-owned repositories.
“We think the intent was to have this script execute during a build of a GitHub-owned repository, exfiltrate the tokens available to the build environment, and then use those tokens to publish…

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Source: The Hacker News