
Supply Chain Attack on Axios Delivers Cross-Platform RAT via Compromised npm Account
On March 31, 2026, attackers compromised the primary maintainer account of the axios npm package and published two malicious versions that silently installed a cross-platform Remote Access Trojan (RAT) on macOS, Windows, and Linux systems. Axios is one of the most widely used JavaScript libraries, with roughly 100 million weekly downloads and over 174,000 dependent …









