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electron-native-notify

Incident Summary

electron-native-notify NPM package adds remote backdoor

The electron-native-notify package was compromised with code that opened a reverse shell to the attacker's server. Because the package sat beneath Electron applications, including the Agama cryptocurrency wallet, the backdoor moved transitively; a small notification dependency became the hidden wire into larger desktop software.

Date
2018-08-01
Category
Open Source
Target Surface
Package registry
Insertion Phase
distribution
Impact
Backdoor
Cause
Compromised Account/Credentials

What Was Affected

LanguageJavascript
ComponentLibrary
Artifact typesource archive
Domain typepackage host
Domain npmjs.org

Compromised Versions

Incident Context

Motive
Unauthorized Access/Control
Attribution
Individual Hacker
Transitive
Yes
Observed Duration
0 days

Evidence

Compromised Artifacts

Current Artifacts and Analysis

Indicators and Changes

Hashes

  • sha256:07f16d95f3c91dbd2ddf974d4b95d8dcec39b09b8906fa3b35e0a0da78fe8f76

External References

Source Data

Source record: oss/electron-native-notify/meta.yaml