Axios Supply Chain Attack Pushes Cross-Platform RAT via Compromised npm Account

The popular HTTP client known as Axios has suffered a supply chain attack after two newly published versions of the npm package introduced a malicious dependency.
Versions 1.14.1 and 0.30.4 of Axios have been found to inject “plain-crypto-js” version 4.2.1 as a fake dependency.
According to StepSecurity, the two versions were published using the compromised npm credentials of the primary Axios…

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Source: The Hacker News