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

Tuesday, March 31, 2026 at 06:08 AM UTC·Source: The Hacker News

Updated: Wednesday, April 1, 2026 at 07:13 PM UTC

Executive Summary

The popular HTTP client known as Axios has suffered a supply chain attack after two newly published versions of the npm package introduced a malicious dependency that delivers a trojan capable of targeting Windows, macOS, and Linux systems. Versions 1.14.1 and 0.30.4 of Axios have been found to inject "plain-crypto-js" version 4.2.1 as a fake dependency. According to StepSecurity, the two

Analysis

Source Attribution

Originally published by The Hacker News on Mar 31, 2026.

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