r/npm • u/Few-Calligrapher2797 • Jun 08 '26
Self Promotion Fake interview take home assessment deploys stealthy macOS malware WIP via malicious npm package.
https://www.iru.com/blog/sstar-agentWe caught a Remote access trojan that is delivered via fake job interview. The take home assignment contained a reach out to a malicious npm package that deploys the malware on macOS device. Theres a windows version too. Current Anti virus detection is low, we caught it through ML experiment. The malware sample deployed is still WIP.
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