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36 Malicious npm Packages Exploited Redis, PostgreSQL to Deploy Persistent Implants

Sunday, April 5, 2026 at 05:07 AM UTC·Source: The Hacker News

Updated: Monday, April 6, 2026 at 12:17 AM UTC

Executive Summary

Cybersecurity researchers have discovered 36 malicious packages in the npm registry that are disguised as Strapi CMS plugins but come with different payloads to facilitate Redis and PostgreSQL exploitation, deploy reverse shells, harvest credentials, and drop a persistent implant. "Every package contains three files (package.json, index.js, postinstall.js), has no description, repository,

Analysis

Cybersecurity researchers have discovered 36 malicious packages in the npm registry that are disguised as Strapi CMS plugins but come with different payloads to facilitate Redis and PostgreSQL exploitation, deploy reverse shells, harvest credentials, and drop a persistent implant. "Every package contains three files (package.json, index.js, postinstall.js), has no description, repository,
Source Attribution

Originally published by The Hacker News on Apr 5, 2026.

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