Malicious npm Package with 206K Downloads Targeting GitHub Repositories to Steal Tokens

Malicious npm Package with 206K Downloads Targeting GitHub Repositories to Steal Tokens

On Friday, November 7th, Veracode Threat Research discovered a dangerous typosquatting campaign targeting developers using GitHub Actions. The malicious npm package “@acitons/artifact” had accumulated over 206,000 downloads before being removed, posing a significant threat to GitHub-owned repositories and potentially compromising sensitive authentication tokens. The malicious package mimicked the legitimate “@actions/artifact” npm package, which is part […]

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