New NPM Attack Infecting Local Packages With Cleverly Hidden Malicious Payload

The NPM package repository remains active, and despite a decline in malware numbers between 2023 and 2024, this year’s numbers don’t seem to continue that downward trend. Recently, security researchers discovered two intriguing packages ethers-provider2 and ethers-providerz, which employed sophisticated techniques to conceal their malicious intentions. These packages act as downloaders, injecting malicious code into […]

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