At least 18 popular JavaScript code packages that are collectively downloaded more than two billion times each week were briefly compromised with malicious software today, after a developer involved in …
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Malicious npm Packages Exploit Ethereum Smart Contracts to Target Crypto Developers
by David Walker
Sep 03, 2025Ravie LakshmananMalware / Social Engineering Cybersecurity researchers have discovered two new malicious packages on the npm registry that make use of smart contracts for the Ethereum blockchain to …