@ferudionz/webautomationnpm
@ferudionz/webautomation is a confirmed malicious npm package (MAL-2026-14045) that steals credentials and exfiltrates sensitive data (malicious version 1.0.0). Do not install it — remove it immediately and rotate any exposed credentials.
Malicious code in @ferudionz/webautomation (npm)
What this malware does
The npm package @ferudionz/webautomation exposes a single function connet(x) whose sole behavior is to POST the caller-supplied argument to a hardcoded remote URL. The entire index.js is wrapped in an obfuscator.io-style RC4 string-array (_0x25ec=[...]) with a self-defending anti-debug IIFE (_0x320e22();) that runs at require time. The destination URL is reconstructed at runtime from ~13 concatenated RC4-decoded fragments, hiding it from static inspection. The package ships no README documenting a legitimate service endpoint, has empty author metadata, and describes itself only as a generic 'logger tool'. The package name and its documented usage suggest the argument passed to connet() is a wallet/account identifier, meaning caller-supplied identifiers are silently exfiltrated to an undisclosed author-controlled destination. The combination of a hidden destination, anti-debug wrapper, and a package that presents itself under an unrelated cover story is inconsistent with legitimate logger/webautomation libraries.
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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 @ferudionz/webautomation (version 1.0.0). O3 Security's supply-chain scanner checks every dependency against known-malicious package intelligence at install time and in CI, flagging @ferudionz/webautomation across your stack and pipelines.
If you installed it — respond
@ferudionz/webautomation 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 @ferudionz/webautomation 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 @ferudionz/webautomation 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 @ferudionz/webautomation-class packages before install and in CI — and if it already ran, its runtime egress monitoring catches the credential exfiltration and severs the channel.