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Axios Supply Chain Attack Pushes Cross-Platform RAT via Compromised npm Account (thehackernews.com)
submitted 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago) by spez@sh.itjust.works to c/programming@programming.dev
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What an ol' classic in the age of AI!

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[–] ultimate_worrier@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

Haha. Get pwned!!!

The best part is that all of these hacks are happening to people that use basic bitch tooling. When you act like sheep, you get devoured by wolves.

JavaScript ✅

Python ✅

NPM ✅

OpenClaw ✅

AGENTIC LLM’s ✅

Pypi ✅

[–] TechnoCat@piefed.social 9 points 10 hours ago

I always advocate switching to pnpm where install scripts are disabled by default. It has plenty of security features to ward off most supply chain attacks.

[–] spez@sh.itjust.works 16 points 13 hours ago

It gets better and better lol

[–] onlinepersona@programming.dev 6 points 13 hours ago

Pre and post install hooks are a mistake, jfk