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The Hacker News |
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2025-01-02 13:15:00 (vue: 2025-01-02 09:07:59) |
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Malicious Obfuscated NPM Package Disguised as an Ethereum Tool Deploys Quasar RAT |
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Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a malicious package on the npm package registry that masquerades as a library for detecting vulnerabilities in Ethereum smart contracts but, in reality, drops an open-source remote access trojan called Quasar RAT onto developer systems.
The heavily obfuscated package, named ethereumvulncontracthandler, was published to npm on December 18, 2024, by a user
Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a malicious package on the npm package registry that masquerades as a library for detecting vulnerabilities in Ethereum smart contracts but, in reality, drops an open-source remote access trojan called Quasar RAT onto developer systems.
The heavily obfuscated package, named ethereumvulncontracthandler, was published to npm on December 18, 2024, by a user |
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2025-01-03 11:08:25 |
(Déjà vu) NPM Package Disguised as an Ethereum Tool Deploys Quasar RAT (lien direct) |
Researchers discovered a malicious package on the npm package registry that resembles a library for Ethereum smart contract vulnerabilities but actually drops an open-source remote access trojan called Quasar RAT onto developer systems.
Researchers discovered a malicious package on the npm package registry that resembles a library for Ethereum smart contract vulnerabilities but actually drops an open-source remote access trojan called Quasar RAT onto developer systems. |
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