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Nearly 800 Malicious npm Packages Deliver Cross-Platform RAT and Infostealer

A cluster of nearly 800 malicious packages has been published to the npm registry as part of a new campaign designed to deliver cross-platform malware targeting Windows, Mac, and Linux systems. "These packages appear to use AI slop squatted, or randomly generated typo-squatting package names, but all of them deliver a powerful RAT and infostealer payload," OpenSourceMalware researcher Paul

Nearly 800 Malicious npm Packages Deliver Cross-Platform RAT and Infostealer

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