Maven Central Malicious Publishing Trends 2025
Maven Central has historically been the quietest major registry for malware, but 2025 saw a measurable uptick in malicious artifacts and namespace abuse.
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Maven Central has historically been the quietest major registry for malware, but 2025 saw a measurable uptick in malicious artifacts and namespace abuse.
Crates.io typosquatting tricks Rust developers into pulling malicious crates instead of trusted ones. Here's how these attacks work — and how to spot them before you build.
The SLSA framework reached v1.0 in April 2023, providing a practical framework for software supply chain integrity that's already being adopted by major package registries.
A sustained campaign flooded PyPI with hundreds of malicious packages using typosquatting and dependency confusion to steal credentials and cryptocurrency from developers.
Researchers tracked a PyPI campaign publishing malicious packages under the mexalz and related account names, targeting Python developers with infostealers.
How North Korean threat actors compromised JumpCloud's infrastructure to target cryptocurrency firms through a sophisticated supply chain attack in July 2023.
How attackers hijack Gradle plugins, typosquat the Plugin Portal, and inject code into build.gradle files to run with full CI trust — and how to stop it.
The Money Message ransomware gang breached MSI and leaked Intel Boot Guard private keys, undermining firmware security for millions of devices.
A fundamental flaw in npm's package handling allowed published package metadata to differ from actual package contents, undermining trust in the entire ecosystem.
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