node-ipc Supply Chain Backdoor Steals Cloud and AI Credentials
Three versions of the widely-used node-ipc npm package were found to contain obfuscated stealer/backdoor payloads published by an unauthorised maintainer account. The malware harvests 90 categories of developer secrets — including Claude AI and Kiro IDE configurations, AWS, Azure, and GCP credentials — and exfiltrates them via HTTPS and DNS tunnelling to an attacker-controlled domain. The compromise is notable for bypassing npm lifecycle hooks entirely and, in one version, targeting a specific developer via pre-computed SHA-256 fingerprinting.
