WeaselBiscuit Stealer Spreads Through 13 npm Packages to Grab Chrome Data
A malware family called WeaselBiscuit has been distributed through 13 malicious packages published to the npm registry, according to The Hacker News. The stealer is designed to harvest data stored by Chrome browser extensions, which can include session tokens and other sensitive credentials. The campaign underscores the persistent supply chain risk facing developers who pull dependencies from public package repositories.
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