Shai-Hulud CHAINDROP Worm Backdoors 400+ npm Packages With 1.3 Billion Monthly Downloads

Shai-Hulud is back in the npm ecosystem, and this time its reach is unusually broad. A new self-propagating malware strain called CHAINDROP has backdoored more than 400 packages after attackers compromised the maintainer of the widely used keyv library. The campaign turns trusted software updates into a route for stealing developer credentials and spreading further. […] The post Shai-Hulud CHAINDROP Worm Backdoors 400+ npm Packages With 1.3 Billion Monthly Downloads appeared first on Cyber Security News.