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Feross on TBPN: Socket's Series C and the State of Software Supply Chain Security
Feross Aboukhadijeh joins TBPN to discuss Socket's $60M Series C, 500%+ ARR growth, AI's impact on open source, and the rise in supply chain attacks.


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Feross Aboukhadijeh joins TBPN to discuss Socket's $60M Series C, 500%+ ARR growth, AI's impact on open source, and the rise in supply chain attacks.

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OSV withdrew 157 OSV malware reports after automated false positives incorrectly flagged trusted npm and PyPI packages, sending bad records into tools that rely on OSV data.

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TrapDoor crypto stealer hits 36 malicious packages across npm, PyPI, and Crates.io, targeting crypto, DeFi, AI, and security developers.

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Laravel Lang packages were compromised with an RCE backdoor across hundreds of versions, exposing cloud, CI/CD, and developer secrets.

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Socket found a malicious postinstall hook across 700+ GitHub repos, including PHP packages on Packagist and Node.js project repositories.

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Vibe coding at scale is reshaping how packages are created, contributed, and selected across the software supply chain

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npm invalidated all granular access tokens that bypass 2FA after a fresh Mini Shai-Hulud wave compromised 323 npm packages. Staged publishing also entered public preview.

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Compromised npm package art-template delivered a Coruna-like iOS Safari exploit framework through a watering-hole attack.

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As AI accelerates how code is written and shipped, Socket is scaling to protect the software supply chain from the growing wave of attacks targeting open source dependencies.

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Socket is scaling to defend open source against supply chain attacks as AI accelerates software development.

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A long-running Go typosquat impersonated the popular shopspring/decimal library and used DNS TXT records to execute commands.

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Active npm supply chain attack compromises @antv packages in a fast-moving malicious publish wave tied to Mini Shai-Hulud.

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Socket detected malicious node-ipc versions with obfuscated stealer/backdoor behavior in a developing npm supply chain attack.

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TeamPCP and BreachForums are promoting a Shai-Hulud supply chain attack contest with a $1,000 prize for the biggest package compromise.

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Packagist urges PHP projects to update Composer after a GitHub token format change exposed some GitHub Actions tokens in CI logs.

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GemStuffer abuses RubyGems as an exfiltration channel, packaging scraped UK council portal data into junk gems published from new accounts.

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Socket was named to the Rising in Cyber 2026 list, recognizing 30 private cybersecurity startups selected by CISOs and security executives.

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Socket detected 84 compromised TanStack npm package artifacts modified with suspected CI credential-stealing malware.

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A dispute over fsnotify maintainer access set off supply chain alarms around one of Go’s most widely used filesystem libraries.

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A critical vm2 sandbox escape can allow untrusted JavaScript to break isolation and execute commands on the host Node.js process.

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Five malicious NuGet packages impersonate Chinese .NET libraries to deploy a stealer targeting browser credentials, crypto wallets, SSH keys, and local files.

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pnpm 11 turns on a 1-day Minimum Release Age and blocks exotic subdeps by default, adding safeguards against fast-moving supply chain attacks.

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The remediated findings include organization permission bugs, stale project access after transfers, OIDC replay edge cases, audit logging gaps, and an IDOR in API token deletion.

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GitHub account BufferZoneCorp published sleeper packages that later added credential theft, GitHub Actions tampering, fake go wrappers, and SSH persistence.

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Socket found a malicious Intercom PHP package on Packagist using Composer plugin execution to steal credentials and spread across ecosystems.

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Compromised intercom-client@7.0.4 npm package is tied to the ongoing Mini Shai-Hulud worm attack targeting developer and CI/CD secrets.

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Socket detected a malicious supply chain attack on PyPI package lightning versions 2.6.2 and 2.6.3, which execute credential-stealing malware on import.

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A brand-squatted TanStack npm package used postinstall scripts to steal .env files and exfiltrate developer secrets to an attacker-controlled endpoint.

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Compromised SAP CAP npm packages download and execute unverified binaries, creating urgent supply chain risk for affected developers and CI/CD environments.

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Socket has acquired Secure Annex to expand extension security across browsers, IDEs, and AI tools.

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Socket is tracking cloned Open VSX extensions tied to GlassWorm, with several updated from benign-looking sleepers into malware delivery vehicles.

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Reachability analysis for PHP is now available in experimental, helping teams identify which vulnerabilities are actually exploitable.

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Export Socket alert data to your own cloud storage in JSON, CSV, or Parquet, with flexible snapshot or incremental delivery.

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Bitwarden CLI 2026.4.0 was compromised in the Checkmarx supply chain campaign after attackers abused a GitHub Action in Bitwarden’s CI/CD pipeline.

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Docker and Socket have uncovered malicious Checkmarx KICS images and suspicious code extension releases in a broader supply chain compromise.

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Stay on top of alert changes with filtered subscriptions, batched summaries, and notification routing built for triage.

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Malicious Namastex.ai npm packages appear to replicate TeamPCP-style Canister Worm tradecraft, including exfiltration and self-propagation.

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Explore exportable charts for vulnerabilities, dependencies, and usage with Reports, Socket’s new extensible reporting framework.

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Socket for Jira lets teams turn alerts into Jira tickets with manual creation, automated ticketing rules, and two-way sync.

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Socket won two 2026 Reppy Awards from RepVue, ranking in the top 5% of all sales orgs. AE Alexandra Lister shares what it's like to grow a sales career here.

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NIST will stop enriching most CVEs under a new risk-based model, narrowing the NVD's scope as vulnerability submissions continue to surge.

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Socket is an initial recipient of OpenAI's Cybersecurity Grant Program, which commits $10M in API credits to defenders securing open source software.

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Socket CEO Feross Aboukhadijeh joins 10 Minutes or Less, a podcast by Ali Rohde, to discuss the recent surge in open source supply chain attacks.

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Campaign of 108 extensions harvests identities, steals sessions, and adds backdoors to browsers, all tied to the same C2 infrastructure.

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OpenAI rotated macOS signing certificates after a malicious Axios package reached its CI pipeline in a broader software supply chain attack.

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Open source is under attack because of how much value it creates. It has been the foundation of every major software innovation for the last three decades. This is not the time to walk away from it.

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Socket CEO Feross Aboukhadijeh breaks down how North Korea hijacked Axios and what it means for the future of software supply chain security.

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OpenSSF has issued a high-severity advisory warning open source developers of an active Slack-based campaign using impersonation to deliver malware.

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Malicious packages published to npm, PyPI, Go Modules, crates.io, and Packagist impersonate developer tooling to fetch staged malware, steal credentials and wallets, and enable remote access.

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Microsoft has released an open source toolkit for enforcing runtime security policies on AI agents as adoption accelerates faster than governance controls.

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Multiple high-impact npm maintainers confirm they have been targeted in the same social engineering campaign that compromised Axios.

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Axios compromise traced to social engineering, showing how attacks on maintainers can bypass controls and expose the broader software supply chain.

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Node.js has paused its bug bounty program after funding ended, removing payouts for vulnerability reports but keeping its security process unchanged.

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The Axios compromise shows how time-dependent dependency resolution makes exposure harder to detect and contain.

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A supply chain attack on Axios introduced a malicious dependency, plain-crypto-js@4.2.1, published minutes earlier and absent from the project’s GitHub releases.

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Malicious versions of the Telnyx Python SDK on PyPI delivered credential-stealing malware via a multi-stage supply chain attack.