@hand-talk/yotta-corenpm
Advisory published Updated
@hand-talk/yotta-core is a confirmed malicious npm package (MAL-2025-191496) that executes malicious code on install (malicious versions 999.0.0, 9991.0.0). Do not install it — remove it immediately and rotate any exposed credentials.
Malicious code in @hand-talk/yotta-core (npm)
What this malware does
The package @hand-talk/yotta-core was found to contain malicious code.
Malicious versions
Indicators of compromise (SHA-256)
Detection & response playbook
Malicious packageFind it
Search your lockfiles and build artifacts for @hand-talk/yotta-core (2 malicious versions).
If you installed it — respond
Remove @hand-talk/yotta-core from your project and lockfile, then assume any secrets accessible to the build or runtime were exposed: rotate API keys, tokens, and credentials, and audit for unexpected outbound activity or persistence.
Did it already run?
If @hand-talk/yotta-core was installed, its post-install payload may already have run. Removing the package does not undo that — check outbound connections and credential use from the install window onward.
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Detect & block this
O3 blocks @hand-talk/yotta-core-class packages before install and in CI — and if it already ran, its runtime egress monitoring catches the malicious outbound activity and severs the channel.