Tag: Shai-Hulud worm
IronWorm Malware Shares Shai-Hulud Traits, Takes Threat to ‘Next Level’
Open source software developers continue to come under attack, with the latest threat being a custom malware that shares many of the attributes of the notorious Shai-Hulud self-propagating worm but comes with ...
Shai-Hulud Clone ‘Miasma’ Compromises 32 Red Hat npm Packages
The threat group behind the notorious Mini Shai-Hulud worm last month put the complete source code for the malware into a GitHub repository, essentially open sourcing the threat so that other bad ...
Widespread Mini Shai-Hulud Campaign Is a Matter of Trust
The latest series of attacks using the notorious Shai-Hulud worm puts into sharp focus the threats facing software developers and their CI/CD pipelines, an issue that has been raised in recent months ...
‘PackageGate’ Vulnerabilities Can Let Attackers Bypass Shai-Hulud Defenses
In the wake of the massive Shai-Hulud supply chain attack that ripped through npm late last year and compromised more than 700 packages and exposed 25,000 repositories, developers in the JavaScript world ...
Attackers Testing New Strain of Shai-Hulud on npm: Aikido
Threat actors behind the virulent Shai-Hulud worm that wreaked havoc in open npm repositories toward the end of 2025 apparently are trying out a new strain that comes with slight modifications. Security ...
Worms in the Supply Chain: Shai-Hulud and the Next DevOps Reckoning
DevOps was supposed to make software delivery faster, safer and more reliable. For the most part, it has. But every so often, something nasty crawls out of the shadows and reminds us ...
How GitHub Plans to Secure npm After Recent Supply Chain Attacks
GitHub strengthens npm security after Shai-Hulud worm attack with mandatory 2FA, granular tokens, and trusted publishing to protect the open source supply chain ...

