{
  "id": 279215,
  "title": "Nearly 800 Malicious npm Packages Deliver Cross-Platform RAT and Infostealer",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/07/nearly-800-malicious-npm-packages-deliver-cross-platform-rat-and",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-08-07T18:48:17.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Hacker News",
    "slug": "the-hacker-news",
    "url": "https://thehackernews.com/2026/08/nearly-800-malicious-npm-packages.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "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",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}