A popular coding tool was hijacked to deliver malware.

A hacker took over an account belonging to the lead maintainer of the JavaScript library, Axios, which is used to handle HTTP requests, as reported by Cybernews. Security researchers found that ...

Hacker hijacks Axios open-source project, used by millions, to push malware

A hacker inserted malware in Axios, an open-source web tool downloaded tens of millions of times weekly, in a widespread hack ...
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One of JavaScript's most popular libraries compromised by hackers

An attacker compromised the npm account of a lead Axios maintainer on March 30, and used it to publish two malicious versions ...

Hackers compromise Axios npm package to drop cross-platform malware

Hackers hijacked the npm account of the Axios package, a JavaScript HTTP client with 100M+ weekly downloads, to deliver ...
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Axios supply chain attack raises risk to crypto wallets

Up to four npm packages on Axios were replaced with malicious versions, in one of the most sophisticated supply chain attacks ...