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Hackers Hijack Axios npm Package to Spread RATs

2026-04-01 · Read original ↗

ATT&CK techniques detected

7 predictions
T1195.001Compromise Software Dependencies and Development Tools
98%
“hackers hijack axios npm package to spread rats threat actors have targeted an open source maintainer to hijack one of the most popular npm packages and spread remote access trojans ( rats ). axios is a javascript library downloaded over 100 million times a week and used as a dep…”
T1195.001Compromise Software Dependencies and Development Tools
98%
“##son, yarn. lock, or pnpm - lock. yaml to see if plain - crypto - js, axios v1. 14. 1, or axios v0. 30. 4 are present - hunt for iocs across developer machines and ci / cd infrastructure - rotate credentials and remediate any exposed systems gtig has attributed this activity to …”
T1195.001Compromise Software Dependencies and Development Tools
97%
“##js, lacking admin access, could not revoke jasonsaayman ' s permissions and had to escalate to npm administration, who removed the malicious versions and revoked all tokens approximately three hours after the attack began. ” read more on npm attacks : new npm ' ghost campaign '…”
T1587Develop Capabilities
87%
“hackers hijack axios npm package to spread rats threat actors have targeted an open source maintainer to hijack one of the most popular npm packages and spread remote access trojans ( rats ). axios is a javascript library downloaded over 100 million times a week and used as a dep…”
T1587Develop Capabilities
65%
“##son, yarn. lock, or pnpm - lock. yaml to see if plain - crypto - js, axios v1. 14. 1, or axios v0. 30. 4 are present - hunt for iocs across developer machines and ci / cd infrastructure - rotate credentials and remediate any exposed systems gtig has attributed this activity to …”
T1587Develop Capabilities
60%
“##js, lacking admin access, could not revoke jasonsaayman ' s permissions and had to escalate to npm administration, who removed the malicious versions and revoked all tokens approximately three hours after the attack began. ” read more on npm attacks : new npm ' ghost campaign '…”
T1078Valid Accounts
41%
“hackers hijack axios npm package to spread rats threat actors have targeted an open source maintainer to hijack one of the most popular npm packages and spread remote access trojans ( rats ). axios is a javascript library downloaded over 100 million times a week and used as a dep…”

Summary

Threat actors hijacked the popular npm package axios to spread RAT malware after compromising an open‑source maintainer’s account, researchers warn