🚨 NPM + Ethereum ⚠️ Security Alert‼️
Hackers are now using Ethereum smart contracts 💠 to hide malicious commands and deliver malware through NPM packages 📦
🔎 How it works:
1️⃣ Fake GitHub repos (“trading bots”) 🎣
2️⃣ They pull malicious NPM dependencies 📥
3️⃣ Code queries a smart contract to fetch hidden payload URLs 💥
4️⃣ Malware gets downloaded & executed ⛓️💻
🧨 Known malicious packages: colortoolsv2, mimelib2 (already removed)
🎯 Target: crypto devs & users cloning “ready-to-use bots”
✅ What you should do NOW:
• Avoid running unverified GitHub projects 🧪
• Check maintainers, real commit history & repo activity 🔍
• Pin dependencies (lockfiles), run npm audit, review post-install scripts 🛡️
• Use isolated environments (containers/VMs) & least-privilege tokens 🔑
• Watch out for typo-squatting (fake package names) 🪤
💬 Want my crypto dev security checklist + recommended tools? Comment “SECURITY” and I’ll make a new post!🔐
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⚡ This isn’t theory — it’s happening NOW. Stay sharp, protect your code, protect your keys.
