Threat Actors Deploy 28+ Malicious Packages to Spread Protestware Scripts

Socket’s Threat Research Team has discovered a network of at least 28 malicious packages including protestware scripts, totaling approximately 2,000 copies, in a major escalation within the npm supply chain. These packages, initially flagged in two instances for hidden functionality targeting Russian-language users on Russian or Belarusian domains, have proliferated across the ecosystem. The protestware, […]

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