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SANS Stormcast Tuesday, September 9th, 2025: Major npm compromise; HTTP Request Signature

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Major npm compromise
A number of high-profile npm libraries were compromised after developers fell for a phishing email. This compromise affected libraries with a total of hundreds of millions of downloads a week.
https://bsky.app/profile/bad-at-computer.bsky.social/post/3lydioq5swk2y https://github.com/orgs/community/discussions/172738 https://github.com/chalk/chalk/issues/656#issuecomment-3266894253
https://www.aikido.dev/blog/npm-debug-and-chalk-packages-compromised
HTTP Request Signatures
It looks like some search engines and AI bots are starting to use the HTTP request signature. This should make it easier to identify bot traffic.
https://isc.sans.edu/diary/HTTP%20Request%20Signatures/32266
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Manage episode 505265495 series 19634
Content provided by SANS ISC Handlers and Johannes B. Ullrich. All podcast content including episodes, graphics, and podcast descriptions are uploaded and provided directly by SANS ISC Handlers and Johannes B. Ullrich or their podcast platform partner. If you believe someone is using your copyrighted work without your permission, you can follow the process outlined here https://podcastplayer.com/legal.
Major npm compromise
A number of high-profile npm libraries were compromised after developers fell for a phishing email. This compromise affected libraries with a total of hundreds of millions of downloads a week.
https://bsky.app/profile/bad-at-computer.bsky.social/post/3lydioq5swk2y https://github.com/orgs/community/discussions/172738 https://github.com/chalk/chalk/issues/656#issuecomment-3266894253
https://www.aikido.dev/blog/npm-debug-and-chalk-packages-compromised
HTTP Request Signatures
It looks like some search engines and AI bots are starting to use the HTTP request signature. This should make it easier to identify bot traffic.
https://isc.sans.edu/diary/HTTP%20Request%20Signatures/32266
  continue reading

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