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Socket.dev blog (24)

Date (as written)IncidentCountryActors
2023-07-18T14:43:24+00:00Security alert: social engineering campaign targets technology industry employeesJade Sleet; TraderTraitor
2023-12-19T03:09:44.762Z3CX supply chain attack (mentioned in "Strengthening Crypto Supply Chain Security Is a Necessity, Not an Option")
2024-01-03T18:09:34.148ZOrbit Bridge Hackers Drain $81 Million in Crypto Assetsstate-sponsored North Korean hackers (suggested by Taylor Monahan)
2025-02BybitUnited Arab EmiratesLazarus
2025-03-10T22:59:28.808ZLazarus Strikes npm Again with New Wave of Malicious Packages
2025-07-14T21:43:41.794ZContagious Interview Campaign Escalates With 67 Malicious npm Packages and New Malware Loader
2025-04-04T12:25:43.627ZLazarus Expands Malicious npm Campaign: 11 New Packages Add Malware Loaders and Bitbucket Payloads
2025-10-10T17:13:22.383ZNorth Korea’s Contagious Interview Campaign Escalates: 338 Malicious npm Packages, 50,000 Downloads
2025-11-26T20:13:53.254ZInside the GitHub Infrastructure Powering North Korea’s Contagious Interview npm Attacks
2025-01-29T22:47:16.420ZNorth Korean APT Lazarus Targets Developers with Malicious npm Package
2025-06-25T01:10:19.162ZAnother Wave: North Korean Contagious Interview Campaign Drops 35 New Malicious npm Packages
2025-05-14T16:44:07.782ZBeaverTail / InvisibleFerret multi-stage npm campaign (in 2025 Mid-Year Threat Report)North Korean threat actors
2025-06-12T13:47:04.870ZContagious Interview campaign (in 2025 Blockchain and Cryptocurrency Threat Report)North Korea
2025-09-17T17:07:11.749ZIdentifying and Preventing Fraudulent Engineering Candidates: An Investigation into 80 Confirmed Casessuspected North Korean operators
2025-10-16T21:22:16.651ZLazarus npm packages (cited in ENISA 2025 Threat Landscape)Lazarus Group
2026-03AxiosBluenoroff
2026-07-01T17:53:56.469ZPolinRider: North Korea-Linked Supply Chain Campaign Expands Across Open Source Ecosystems
2026-02-27T14:18:40.511ZStegaBin: 26 Malicious npm Packages Use Pastebin Steganography to Deploy Multi-Stage Credential Stealer
03/04/2026Node.js ecosystem maintainers (Socket CEO, Platformatic CTO, Dotenv creator, Node.js Security WG, and others)GlobalUNC1069 (North Korean state-linked)
2026-04-07T21:36:45.870ZNorth Korea’s Contagious Interview Campaign Spreads Across 5 Ecosystems, Delivering Staged RAT Payloads
2026-05-31T18:41:00.591ZFamous Chollima Targets PHP Developers Through Compromised Packagist Package
2026-09-17T15:33:22.860ZPolinRider Spreads Through Compromised GitHub Accounts and Packagist
2026-05-20T15:25:11.368ZDPRK-aligned social engineering campaign against Node.js maintainers (mentioned in Series C announcement)DPRK-aligned attackers
2026-08-21T17:54:18.276ZMalicious code in development version of Laravel package linked to Famous Chollima (mentioned in PHP and Composer Support post)Famous Chollima