Threats Tagged 'wallet credential exfiltration'

A compromised version of the Injective Labs TypeScript SDK npm package was published containing malicious code that exfiltrates cryptocurrency wallet private keys and mnemonic phrases. The malicious version 1.20.21 was published on June 8, 2026, through a compromised developer account with established repository access. The malware hooks key generation functions to capture sensitive wallet data and exfiltrates it via base64-encoded POST requests to legitimate Injective infrastructure endpoints, disguising the traffic. The threat actor amplified impact by publishing 17 additional scoped packages pinned to the malicious version. Though quickly detected and contained within hours, the compromised package received approximately 310 downloads. The package has roughly 50,000 weekly downloads and 87 dependent packages, presenting significant supply chain risk to cryptocurrency wallet implementations.

On April 10, 2026, a malicious npm package named [email protected] was published, targeting developers running automated trading bots on Polymarket, a prediction market platform with $477 million in open interest. The package executes four attack chains upon import: system fingerprinting, SSH backdoor installation on Linux hosts, filesystem exfiltration, and targeted theft of Polymarket CLOB API credentials and Ethereum/Polygon wallet private keys. The payload runs at require() time without install hooks and specifically hunts SDK source files like createClobClient.ts and clob.ts. An SSH public key is written to authorized_keys for persistent access. The attacker can drain USDC balances directly using stolen L1 private keys. Attribution points to DPRK's Famous Chollima (Lazarus Group) based on TTPs matching the TraderTraitor campaign and publisher email correlation with known DPRK infrastructure.