Supply Chain Attack on Axios Pulls Malicious Dependency from npm

A supply chain attack targeting the widely used HTTP client Axios has introduced a malicious dependency into specific npm releases, including axios@1.14.1 and axios@0.30.4. The latest version pulls in plain-crypto-js@4.2.1, a package that Socket has confirmed as malicious. Our analysis shows the malicious package deploys a multi-stage payload, including a remote access trojan (RAT) capable of executing arbitrary commands, exfiltrating system data, and persisting on infected machines. Axios is…