{
  "id": 99913,
  "title": "18 Malicious npm Packages Deliver Cross-Platform RAT to Alibaba Tool Users",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/03/18-malicious-npm-packages-deliver-cross-platform-rat-to-alibaba-tool",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-08-03T18:43:53.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Hacker News",
    "slug": "the-hacker-news",
    "url": "https://thehackernews.com/2026/08/18-malicious-npm-packages-deliver-cross.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a new set of malicious npm packages that target users of Alibaba developer tools with a cross-platform remote access trojan (RAT) as part of a sophisticated, targeted software supply chain attack targeting Chinese-speaking environments. One of the packages in question is \"lib-mtop,\" an unscoped package with the same name as a private Alibaba package",
  "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."
}