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PhantomRaven Malware Targets npm with 126 Credential-Stealing Packages

First seen 2 Nov 2025, 16:57 UTC • •18.1

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ThreatCluster •March 12, 2026 at 13:27 UTC

Researchers at Koi Security discovered a malware campaign named PhantomRaven that has been active since August 2025, compromising 126 npm packages. The malicious packages have been downloaded over 86,000 times and are designed to steal npm tokens, GitHub credentials, and CI/CD secrets from developers by hiding malicious code in dependencies that evade detection by security tools.

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Technique (2)

Malware
Supply Chain Attack

Campaign (1)

PhantomRaven campaign

Organization (2)

Microsoft
Cursor

Indicator (1)

npmjs.com

Malware (1)

PhantomRaven

Affected Platform (7)

ChatGPT
GitHub
Gitlab
Jenkins
Npm Registry
PyPI
Visual Studio Code

Tool (4)

GitHub Copilot
Node.js
Npm
NPM (Node Package Manager)

Vulnerability (1)

Unvalidated Redirect

Relationships

PhantomRaven exploits Unvalidated Redirect
GitHub Copilot exploits Unvalidated Redirect
Node.js exploits Unvalidated Redirect
Npm exploits Unvalidated Redirect
NPM (Node Package Manager) exploits Unvalidated Redirect
PhantomRaven communicates with npmjs.com
PhantomRaven campaign uses PhantomRaven
Unvalidated Redirect targets ChatGPT
Unvalidated Redirect targets GitHub
Unvalidated Redirect targets Gitlab
Unvalidated Redirect targets Jenkins
PhantomRaven targets Microsoft
PhantomRaven targets Cursor
Malware targets ChatGPT
Malware targets GitHub
Malware targets Gitlab
Malware targets Jenkins
Supply Chain Attack targets ChatGPT
Supply Chain Attack targets GitHub
Supply Chain Attack targets Gitlab
Supply Chain Attack targets Jenkins
PhantomRaven campaign related to Npm Registry
PhantomRaven campaign related to PyPI
PhantomRaven campaign related to Visual Studio Code

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