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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.
Rust Malware Staged on Crates.io

Rust Malware Staged on Crates.io

Phylum Research
Phylum routinely identifies malware and other software supply chain attacks targeting high-value, critical assets: an organization’s software developers. Most recently, we’ve reported on a flurry of sophisticated attacks targeting JavaScript developers, respawning malware on
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

Sophisticated, Highly-Targeted Attacks Continue to Plague npm

Sophisticated, Highly-Targeted Attacks Continue to Plague npm

Phylum Research
⚠️Update Aug 16, 2023: This appears to be an ongoing campaign. The actor recently published another package hreport-preview with slight modifications. Namely pulling reverse shells from https://img.murphysec-nb[.]love ⚠️Update Aug 17-19, 2023: This actor
Phylum Research Team 10 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 of popular Ethereum package on npm sends private keys to remote server

Typosquat of popular Ethereum package on npm sends private keys to remote server

Phylum Research
On Aug 3, 2023 Phylum’s automated risk detection platform alerted us to a series of suspicious publications on npm. The attacker eventually published final versions of two packages: a typosquat of a popular cryptocurrency library
Phylum Research Team 6 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

Targeted npm Malware Attempts to Steal Company Source Code and Secrets

Targeted npm Malware Attempts to Steal Company Source Code and Secrets

Phylum Research
🚨August 9, 2023 Update: This appears to be a slow, on-going attack. Since our initial report, two more packages have been identified as part of this campaign: ng-zulutrade-ssr and binarium-crm. We will provide periodic updates as
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

Q2 2023 Evolution of Software Supply Chain Security Report

Q2 2023 Evolution of Software Supply Chain Security Report

Phylum Research
Phylum focuses on the identification and mitigation of software supply chain attacks. We monitor each open-source ecosystem, cataloging and analyzing every package published in real-time. In doing so, we have the unique ability to identify and
Phylum Research Team 15 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