@cryptosrvc/shift-sdk-v4npm
@cryptosrvc/shift-sdk-v4 is a confirmed malicious npm package (MAL-2026-12317) that steals credentials and exfiltrates sensitive data (malicious version 1.0.77). Do not install it — remove it immediately and rotate any exposed credentials.
Malicious code in @cryptosrvc/shift-sdk-v4 (npm)
What this malware does
package.json declares a postinstall script node dist/recon.js || true that runs automatically on npm install. dist/recon.js collects installer host identity (hostname, username, SUDO_USER, homedir, cwd, platform/arch/release, node version), all internal and external IPv4 addresses from every network interface, the DNS domain via dnsdomainname, CI-provider indicators, and the full list of process.env variable names with a subset matching AWS|NPM|TOKEN|SECRET|KEY|GITHUB|SSH flagged as secret-shaped. The data is POSTed as JSON over plain HTTP to the hardcoded bare IP http://138.68.108.20:80/cb with a 4-second timeout and errors silently swallowed to preserve install success. A source comment frames the behavior as 'NON-SENSITIVE telemetry only', contradicting the actual enumeration of sudo user, network topology, and env-var names. The destination is an unattributed DigitalOcean IP with no relationship to any legitimate SDK publisher.
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Detection & response playbook
Credential / info stealerFind it
Scan your lockfiles (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, yarn.lock, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, etc.) and build artifacts for @cryptosrvc/shift-sdk-v4 (version 1.0.77). O3 Security's supply-chain scanner checks every dependency against known-malicious package intelligence at install time and in CI, flagging @cryptosrvc/shift-sdk-v4 across your stack and pipelines.
If you installed it — respond
@cryptosrvc/shift-sdk-v4 is built to steal secrets, so assume every credential the build or runtime could read is compromised. Remove it from your project and lockfile, then rotate ALL exposed secrets — npm/registry tokens, cloud keys, CI/CD secrets, SSH keys, and any .env values — from a known-clean machine. Audit logs for unauthorized use of those credentials.
Did it already run?
If @cryptosrvc/shift-sdk-v4 was ever installed, its post-install/runtime payload may have already executed. O3's L7 egress monitoring and runtime eBPF sensors detect the credential exfiltration or command-and-control callback after install and block the malicious outbound channel, so you catch and contain the actual compromise — not just the presence of the package.
How O3 protects you
O3 blocks @cryptosrvc/shift-sdk-v4 before install through its supply-chain scanner, and if it has already run, detects and severs the exfiltration or C2 callback at runtime through L7 egress monitoring and eBPF.
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Detect & block this
O3 blocks @cryptosrvc/shift-sdk-v4-class packages before install and in CI — and if it already ran, its runtime egress monitoring catches the credential exfiltration and severs the channel.