{
  "id": 8233557,
  "title": "WeaselBiscuit Stealer Spreads via 13 npm Packages to Harvest Chrome Extension Storage",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/18/weaselbiscuit-stealer-spreads-via-13-npm-packages-to-harvest-chrome",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-09-18T10:40:06.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Hacker News",
    "slug": "the-hacker-news",
    "url": "https://thehackernews.com/2026/09/weaselbiscuit-stealer-spreads-via-13.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a cluster of 13 npm packages that have been found to deliver a previously undocumented JavaScript stealer codenamed WeaselBiscuit. The new malware family, per OpenSourceMalware, exhibits functional overlaps with two malware strains associated with the Democratic People's Republic of Korea's (DPRK) Contagious Interview campaign: BeaverTail and",
  "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."
}