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Eight Malicious npm Packages Downloaded 40,767 Times Deliver Overlord RAT and Stealer

Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a long-running npm supply chain malware campaign that pushes information stealers and remote access trojans (RAT) to compromised hosts. The campaign has been codenamed MALFEX by CloudSEK and Checkmarx. The activity is assessed to be the work of a lone threat actor who appears to have published 12 packages since August 2023, eight of which have

Reference details

Source category
research-report
First reported
Oct 07, 2026 17:43 UTC
Last reported
Oct 07, 2026 17:43 UTC
Catalog updated
Oct 13, 2026 22:40 UTC
Record ID
1e863b27e1e28847a4a319284f3065a08fd61e0898f59433b8ac96ffd7ca76cd

Published indicators

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Source observations

intelligence_src_636032c91a0b4c9a97

Source-provided label
Publisher RSS metadata
Evidence class
mentioned in report
Confidence
Not reported
Observed
Oct 07, 2026 17:43 UTC
Retrieved
Oct 13, 2026 22:40 UTC

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Feed collection status

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1 sources: 0 stale, 0 needing attention, 0 paused, 0 unverified.

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