Malicious NPM packages bypass the installation script defenses at runtime

Malicious NPM packages bypass the installation script defenses at runtime

An ongoing NPM malware campaign using the indexed-btree package shows how threat actors are evading supply chain defenses by hiding malicious code in the normal runtime behavior of a package rather than in installation scripts. The package discovered by Checkmarx researchers attempts to mimic the legitimate sorted-btree library and has already been downloaded 2 million … Read more

BragJack attacks hijack AI browser agents through malicious extensions

BragJack attacks hijack AI browser agents through malicious extensions

Security researcher Gal Weizman of Forever Security has revealed a new attack technique that can hijack the AI ​​assistants built into popular browsers using a single malicious browser extension. The proof-of-concept, called BragJack, was demonstrated using five Chromium-based browsers or browser assistants: Google Chrome’s Gemini Live, Perplexity Comet, Microsoft Edge, Opera Neon, and Anthropic’s Claude … Read more