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The OpenSourceMalware Show #9
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The OpenSourceMalware Show #9

Episode 9 of The OpenSourceMalware Show analyzes the Mastra npm organization compromise (116 packages hijacked via a ClickFix-style spear-phish, with a pre-staged typosquat 'easy-day-js' used to inject an info stealer targeting LastPass, Bitwarden, Dashlane, 1Password, MFA tools, and Zapier). It also critiques a Cloud Security Alliance paper's 'agentjacking' concept — malicious instructions embedded in Sentry error events retrieved by AI coding agents via MCP and executed with developer privileges — framing it as unsanitized third-party input reaching an LLM, similar to the 2025 s1ngularity attack. The hosts close by debunking four AppSec myths: that OSS malware only survives 2-3 days, that npm install scripts are disappearing, that package firewalls/cooldowns eliminate most risk, and that threat-actor attribution doesn't matter for incident response.

TL;DR Podcast breakdown of the Mastra npm supply-chain compromise, MCP-based 'agentjacking' prompt injection via Sentry, and four debunked open-source-malware myths.

Organisations named here

  • Agentjacking
  • ClickFix
  • Cloud Security Alliance
  • easy-day-js

Technologies named here

  • Mastra npm organization
  • Sentry
  • easy-day-js
  • Browser extensions
  • Claude / AI coding agents
  • EDR
  • LastPass browser extension
  • Package firewalls
  • Bitwarden browser extension
  • Cooldown periods
  • Dashlane browser extension
  • 1Password browser extension
  • Zapier
  • npm
  • Model Context Protocol
  • Claude
  • 1Password
  • Bitwarden
  • mastra
  • axios

Techniques named here

  • ClickFix-style social engineering / spear phishing
  • Pre-staged typosquatting
  • Dependency confusion / typosquatting
  • Agentjacking
  • Post-install script abuse
  • Information stealing via compromised dependency

Threat actors named here

  • Unidentified threat actor
  • DPRK
  • TeamPCP
  • Axios supply-chain attack
  • Lazarus Group
  • s1ngularity