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Phylum Research Team

Phylum Research Team

Hackers, Data Scientists, and Engineers responsible for the identification and takedown of software supply chain attackers.
Q3 2024 Evolution of Software Supply Chain Security Report

Q3 2024 Evolution of Software Supply Chain Security Report

Phylum Research
Software supply chain security faces sophisticated security threats in the open-source ecosystem. Phylum analyzed millions of packages & files. Read more.
Phylum Research Team 7 min read

Phylum Blocks Software Supply Chain Security Attacks

Phylum identifies malicious or risky open-source packages before they enter the software supply chain.

SCA or public databases
82%

of Phylum’s findings are not found by
SCA or reported to public databases

Other curation tools
70%

of Phylum’s findings are not found by
other curation tools

Other software supply chain companies
60%

of Phylum’s findings are not found by
other software supply chain companies

Typosquat Campaign Targeting npm Developers

Typosquat Campaign Targeting npm Developers

Phylum Research
Malware authors have published dozens of typosquat npm packages targeting users of the popular Puppeteer library.
Phylum Research Team 18 min read

Phylum Blocks Software Supply Chain Security Attacks

Phylum identifies malicious or risky open-source packages before they enter the software supply chain.

SCA or public databases
82%

of Phylum’s findings are not found by
SCA or reported to public databases

Other curation tools
70%

of Phylum’s findings are not found by
other curation tools

Other software supply chain companies
60%

of Phylum’s findings are not found by
other software supply chain companies

Trojanized Ethers Forks on npm Attempting to Steal Ethereum Private Keys

Trojanized Ethers Forks on npm Attempting to Steal Ethereum Private Keys

Phylum Research
Software supply chain attack targets open-source developers in npm via malicious packages that steal Ethereum private keys, gain SSH persistence.
Phylum Research Team 9 min read

Phylum Blocks Software Supply Chain Security Attacks

Phylum identifies malicious or risky open-source packages before they enter the software supply chain.

SCA or public databases
82%

of Phylum’s findings are not found by
SCA or reported to public databases

Other curation tools
70%

of Phylum’s findings are not found by
other curation tools

Other software supply chain companies
60%

of Phylum’s findings are not found by
other software supply chain companies

North Korea Still Attacking Developers via npm

North Korea Still Attacking Developers via npm

Phylum Research
There's a renewed surge of attacks with obfuscated JavaScript and fake job campaigns to compromise developers and infiltrate companies. See Phylum research.
Phylum Research Team 3 min read

Phylum Blocks Software Supply Chain Security Attacks

Phylum identifies malicious or risky open-source packages before they enter the software supply chain.

SCA or public databases
82%

of Phylum’s findings are not found by
SCA or reported to public databases

Other curation tools
70%

of Phylum’s findings are not found by
other curation tools

Other software supply chain companies
60%

of Phylum’s findings are not found by
other software supply chain companies

The Great npm Garbage Patch

The Great npm Garbage Patch

Phylum Research
Open-source spam is a growing threat. The Tea protocol and npm are taking action, but the problem persists. Our research is dedicated to combating this issue and protecting the integrity of the open-source ecosystem. See Phylum Research.
Phylum Research Team 5 min read

Phylum Blocks Software Supply Chain Security Attacks

Phylum identifies malicious or risky open-source packages before they enter the software supply chain.

SCA or public databases
82%

of Phylum’s findings are not found by
SCA or reported to public databases

Other curation tools
70%

of Phylum’s findings are not found by
other curation tools

Other software supply chain companies
60%

of Phylum’s findings are not found by
other software supply chain companies