Packagist Supply Chain Attack Infects 8 Packages Using GitHub-Hosted Linux Malware

A new "coordinated" supply chain attack campaign has impacted eight packages on Packagist including malicious code designed to run a Linux binary retrieved from a GitHub Releases URL.

"Although the affected packages were all Composer packages, the malicious code was not added to composer.json," Socket said. "Instead, it was inserted into package.json, targeting projects that ship JavaScript