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Veracode blog (incl. migrated Phylum research posts) (22)

Date (as written)IncidentCountryActors
2023-08-12T22:25:00+00:00Sophisticated, Highly-Targeted Attacks Continue to Plague npm (campaign with behaviors similar to June North Korean campaign)North Korean state actors (June campaign)
4 November 2023“Crypto-Themed npm Packages Found Delivering Stealthy Malware,” Phylum Research Team
2023-06-23T22:48:00+00:00Phylum Discovers Sophisticated Ongoing Attack on NPM (later update: attributed to North Korea)North Korean nation-state actors
2023-07-25T20:55:00+00:00npm package-pair attack attributed to Jade Sleet (in Q2 2023 Evolution of Software Supply Chain Security Report)Jade Sleet; TraderTraitor
2023-10-17T20:52:00+00:00North Korean state-affiliated npm and PyPI attacks (in Q3 2023 Evolution of Software Supply Chain Security Report)North Korean state-affiliated actors
2024-08-29T19:31:00+00:00North Korea Still Attacking Developers via npmgroups aligned with North Korean objectives
(published February 28, 2024)Lazarus malicious npm package containing Comebacker (case reported by Phylum)Lazarus (as considered by JPCERT/CC)
2024-01-22T20:47:00+00:00Lazarus npm social engineering campaigns 2023 (in Q4 2023 Evolution of Software Supply Chain Security Report)Lazarus group
2024-04-15T20:27:00+00:00npm code-profiler package / fake job social engineering campaign (in Q1 2024 Evolution of Software Supply Chain Security Report)North Korean state-sponsored efforts
2024-04-24T16:43:00+00:00Nation-State Threat Actors Renew Publications to npmNorth Korea
2024-07-08T18:48:00+00:00New Tactics from a Familiar Threat (call-blockflow npm package)North Korean threat actors
2024-07-31T20:24:00+00:00nebourhood npm packages (react-dom-production-script, hardhat-daemon) (in Q2 2024 Evolution of Software Supply Chain Security Report)North Korean state actors
2024-10-31T20:07:44+00:00North Korean APT npm campaigns (in Q3 2024 Evolution of Software Supply Chain Security Report)North Korean Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) groups
2024-11-20T20:03:41+00:00North Korean open-source ecosystem attacks (in 2025 Software Supply Chain Security Trends & Predictions)North Korea
2025-04-09T15:45:00+00:00Resurgent North Korean Malware Campaign in npmNorth Korean attackers
2025-07-31T15:33:36+00:00North Korean Crypto Stealing Campaign Rears Its Head AgainNorth Korean
2025-12-11T16:33:55+00:00Contagious Interview (in Threat Research Year In Review - 2025)Famous Chollima
2026-07-01T17:53:56.469ZPolinRider: North Korea-Linked Supply Chain Campaign Expands Across Open Source Ecosystems
2026-08-11Shattering the Dream - When a Job Offer Becomes a Zero-Day Attack
August 03, 2026STARDUST CHOLLIMA malicious npm dependency injected into at least 131 Mastra AI framework packages (June 2026)STARDUST CHOLLIMA
2026-07-15T20:23:28+00:00PolinRider campaign (in Cyber Risk Intelligence Brief July 2026)North Korea-linked PolinRider
2026-08-26T19:22:32+00:00DPRK-linked Rust crate typosquats (proc-macro1) (in CISO Risk Intel Brief Aug 26 2026)DPRK