On March 20, 2026 at 20:45 UTC, Aikido Security detected an unusual pattern across the npm registry: dozens of packages from multiple organizations were receiving unauthorized patch updates, all containing the same hidden malicious code. What they had caught was CanisterWorm, a self-spreading npm worm deployed by the threat actor group TeamPCP. We track this…
First seen on securityboulevard.com
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