GlassWorm Malware Takedown Disrupts Developer Supply Chain Attack Infrastructure

Wednesday, May 27, 2026 at 11:48 AM UTC·Source: The Hacker News

Updated: Wednesday, May 27, 2026 at 01:00 PM UTC

Executive Summary

CrowdStrike, in partnership with Google and the Shadowserver Foundation, has announced the simultaneous disruption of all command-and-control (C2) channels associated with GlassWorm, a persistent software chain campaign targeting software developers through malicious packages and extensions. "Since at least early 2025, GlassWorm operators have systematically targeted software developers, a

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Originally published by The Hacker News on May 27, 2026.

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