🚨 Socket detected malicious activity in newly published versions of node-ipc, an npm package with 822K weekly downloads.
Affected versions:
node-ipc
@9.1.6
node-ipc
@9.2.3
node-ipc
@12.0.1
Socket’s AI scanner flagged the malware within ~3 minutes of publication.
Early analysis shows obfuscated stealer/backdoor behavior, including host fingerprinting, local file enumeration, payload wrapping, and attempted exfiltration.