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 ...
Microsoft

Mitigating the Axios npm supply chain compromise

On March 31, 2026, the popular HTTP client Axios experienced a supply chain attack, causing two newly published npm packages ...

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

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

Axios Hack Bypasses GitHub Protections and Installs Hidden Malware on Systems

The popular JavaScript HTTP client Axios has been compromised in a supply chain attack, exposing projects to malware through ...

Google Explains Googlebot Byte Limits And Crawling Architecture

Google's Gary Illyes published a blog post explaining how Googlebot works as one client of a centralized crawling platform, ...
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 ...

Wealth manager Plancorp adds $1B in client assets with acquisition

A St. Louis-based wealth management firm has added $1 billion in client assets with what it says is its first ever ...
Tom's Hardware on MSN

One of JavaScript's most popular libraries compromised by hackers

An attacker compromised the npm account of a lead Axios maintainer on March 30, and used it to publish two malicious versions ...
SecurityWeek

Axios NPM Package Breached in North Korean Supply Chain Attack

North Korean hackers published backdoored versions of the Axios NPM package using a compromised long-lived access token.
Analytics Insight

Axios Supply Chain Attack Exposes Crypto Wallets to Hidden Malware Risk

Axios, a widely used JavaScript HTTP client, was briefly distributed through npm in two malicious versions after a maintainer account was taken over. Security r ...

Hackers compromise popular Axios Javascript library with hidden malware

The widely used Axios HTTP client library, a JavaScript component used by developers, was recently hacked to distribute ...
Security Boulevard

Axios Front-End Library npm Supply Chain Poisoning Alert

Overview On March 31, NSFOCUS CERT detected that the npm repository of the HTTP client library Axios was poisoned by the supply chain. The attacker bypassed the normal GitHub Actions CI/CD pipeline of ...