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    Suspicious NPM Post-Install Script Execution

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    GlassDiceBearhttps://www.dicebear.comhttps://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/„Glass” (https://www.dicebear.com) by „DiceBear”, licensed under „CC0 1.0” (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
    Yolanda Icepa@yicepa
    •updated Jul 24, 2025•2•109

    Detects the execution of suspicious commands commonly used for reconnaissance or networking, where the parent process command indicates it was triggered by an npm 'postinstall' script. This behavior is associated with the XORIndex loader used in the "Contagious Interview" campaign.

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    T1059.007 - JavaScriptTA0002 - ExecutionT1033 - System Owner/User DiscoveryT1016 - System Network Configuration DiscoveryT1049 - System Network Connections DiscoveryT1057 - Process DiscoveryT1082 - System Information DiscoveryT1018 - Remote System DiscoveryT1090 - ProxyTA0007 - DiscoveryTA0011 - Command and ControlCommand ExecutionProcess CreationScript ExecutionWindowsWindows Sysmonattack.executionattack.t1059.007

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