Hackers slipped a trojan into the code library behind most of the internet. Your team is probably affected

Attackers stole a long-lived npm token from the lead axios maintainer and published two poisoned versions that drop a ...
GovInfoSecurity

Backdooring of JavaScript Library Axios Tied to North Korea

A supply-chain attack backdoored versions of Axios, a popular JavaScript library that's present in many different software ...

Hacker hijacks Axios open-source project, used by millions, to push malware

A hacker inserted malware in Axios, an open-source web tool downloaded tens of millions of times weekly, in a widespread hack ...
Nextgov

North Korea-linked hackers suspected in Axios open-source hijack, Google analysts say

The full breadth of this incident is still unclear, but given the popularity of the compromised package, we expect it will ...

Supply chain attack hits Axios npm releases, users urged to rotate keys

Two malicious Axios npm releases have prompted warnings for developers to rotate credentials and treat affected systems as ...
Security Boulevard

Google Says North Korea Was Behind the Axios npm Supply Chain Attack

A supply chain compromise involving the widely used JavaScript package Axios is now being tied to a North Korea-linked threat ...
Infosecurity Magazine

Hackers Hijack Axios npm Package to Spread RATs

Threat actors hijacked the popular npm package axios to spread RAT malware after compromising an open‑source maintainer’s ...

Hackers compromise Axios npm package to drop cross-platform malware

Hackers hijacked the npm account of the Axios package, a JavaScript HTTP client with 100M+ weekly downloads, to deliver ...
Computing

Hackers compromise Axios, one of the most widely used software libraries

Axios is published and maintained on npm, the default package registry for JavaScript and Node.js projects. It is used to ...

'Hundreds of thousands of stolen secrets could potentially be circulating as a result of these recent attacks': Google says North Korean hackers behind major attack on Axi…

It is exactly this backdoor that had Google conclude this was a North Korea-sponsored campaign. GTIG said WAVESHAPER.V2 is an ...
Dark Reading

Axios NPM Package Compromised in Precision Attack

The NPM package for Axios, a popular JavaScript HTTP client library, was briefly compromised this week, possibly by North ...
The Hacker News

Axios Supply Chain Attack Pushes Cross-Platform RAT via Compromised npm Account

Axios 1.14.1 and 0.30.4 injected malicious [email protected] after npm compromise on March 31, 2026, deploying ...