Security News > 2025 > May > Supply chain attack hits npm package with 45,000 weekly downloads
2025-05-08 19:03
An npm package named 'rand-user-agent' has been compromised in a supply chain attack to inject obfuscated code that activates a remote access trojan (RAT) on the user's system. [...]
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