Malware Report

Title
Typosquatting campaign delivers r77 rootkit via npm
Report Author
Lucija Valentić
Description
One “s” is all that separates a legitimate npm package from a malicious twin that delivered the r77 rootkit, and was downloaded more than 700 times, ReversingLabs researchers discovered.

Malware Packages (1)

The following malware packages were identified in this report.

Package Type Name Attack Strategy Package Author Versions Description
NPM Module node-hide-console-windows 1.5.7, 1.5.6, 1.5.4, 1.4.4, 1.3.4, 1.2.4, 1.2.3, 1.2.2, 1.1.2, 1.1.0 One “s” is all that separates a legitimate npm package from a malicious twin that delivered the r77 rootkit, and was downloaded more than 700 times, ReversingLabs researchers discovered.
Package Type Name Attack Strategy Package Author Versions Description