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TeamPCP Poisoning and axios npm Hijack: Detection & IOCs

TeamPCP poisoned PyPI, npm and GitHub Actions packages with SANDCLOCK. It maps 28 IOCs and 9 detection rules, including a free Splunk SPL rule.

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Chapters

  1. 0:00The hookMalicious open-source packages rose 1,444%.
  2. 0:06The storyOperators hijacked an axios maintainer.
  3. 0:12Attack pathA maintainer account was social-engineered.
  4. 0:26AttributionAttributed to UNC6780.
  5. 0:32Indicators of compromise25 indicators to hunt: 2 IPs, 1 domain and 1 URL, and more.
  6. 0:38MITRE ATT&CK techniques18 ATT&CK techniques, from initial access to command and control.
  7. 0:43Remediation5 steps now: Search all lockfiles for axios.
  8. 0:50Detection rules9 detection rules, in SPL, KQL and Sigma.
Transcript

0:00Malicious open-source packages rose 1,444%.

0:06Operators hijacked an axios maintainer.

0:09Live about three hours.

0:12A maintainer account was social-engineered.

0:15Trojanized releases ran a postinstall hook.

0:18Windows, macOS, Linux got different malware.

0:21A backdoor beaconed to attackers.

0:26Attributed to UNC6780. Confidence: medium.

0:3225 indicators to hunt: 2 IPs, 1 domain and 1 URL, and more.

0:3918 ATT&CK techniques, from initial access to command and control.

0:445 steps now: Search all lockfiles for axios.

0:519 detection rules, in SPL, KQL and Sigma.

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