Fetching from the wire…
Security2026-06-26 · source-backed
On June 17, an attacker compromised the @mastra npm org via a former contributor's still-active scope access, added a dayjs typosquat as a dependency across 140+ packages, and mass-published 144 malicious versions inside 88 minutes. Combined 1.1M+ weekly downloads exposed. Microsoft attributed it with high confidence to Sapphire Sleet (BlueNoroff/APT38). AI agent frameworks are now first-class supply-chain targets, and stale scope access is still the way in.
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Microsoft Threat Intelligence attributed the 88-minute @mastra supply-chain attack with high confidence to Sapphire Sleet (BlueNoroff/APT38), the same actor behind the earlier Axios HTTP-client compromise. (TechTimes) The new and nasty detail: the payload injects persistent ba...
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