
Malicious Chrome and Firefox Extensions Steal Crypto Traders’ Session and Wallet Data
Malicious Chrome and Firefox extensions target Axiom Trade and Padre users, stealing session tokens and wallet data.

Malicious Chrome and Firefox extensions target Axiom Trade and Padre users, stealing session tokens and wallet data.

Ten malicious OpenAPI React Query Codegen versions were published to npm in the Mini Shai-Hulud attack, all with valid provenance.

Three compromised Rust crates pulled in a malicious dependency that downloaded and executed cross-platform malware during Cargo builds.

Socket uncovered 77 linked Firefox extensions, including 40 that steal wallet secrets or credentials and 37 deceptive sports-score shells.

A large-scale campaign abused GitHub Actions in compromised repositories to exploit CVE-2026-41940 in cPanel and WHM and steal server credentials.

Socket tracks the activity as Operation “Muck and Load”: a threat actor uses commit-farming workflows, public dead drops, and protected archives to stage Windows RAT and infostealer malware.

Malicious Chrome and Firefox extensions posed as free VPNs while stealing clipboard data through later extension updates.

Miasma Mini Shai-Hulud hits @immobiliarelabs Backstage plugins, targeting GitLab and LDAP auth packages on npm.

Mini Shai-Hulud expands into the Go ecosystem after hitting LeoPlatform npm packages and targeting GitHub Actions workflows.

Newer packages in this compromise use native extensions and .pth loaders to execute JavaScript stealers in developer environments.