Security Intelligence

Your house might be a botnet, your devs are leaking secrets and poems are breaking your AI guardrails

Dec 3, 2025
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INSIGHT

Open-Source Supply Chain Is A High-Value Target

  • Package registries are an attractive supply-chain target because trojanized packages propagate trust rapidly.
  • Worms like Shai Halud exploit developer accounts to publish malicious packages and dramatically expand blast radius.
INSIGHT

Automation And Wiping Amplify Worm Damage

  • New Shai Halud variants automated infection, added pre-install execution, self-healing and wiper behavior.
  • Those upgrades increase scale and risk, with tens of thousands of repositories impacted.
ADVICE

Restore Trust After A Trojanzation

  • Rebuild trust after a supply-chain compromise by fixing packages and clearly communicating remediation steps.
  • Coordinate with users and peers to demonstrate fixes before expecting them to trust your packages again.
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