@insiderintelligence/googleadmanagernpm
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@insiderintelligence/googleadmanager is a confirmed malicious npm package (MAL-2026-16290) that opens a backdoor for remote access (malicious versions 9.9.9, 9.9.10). Do not install it — remove it immediately and rotate any exposed credentials.
Malicious code in @insiderintelligence/googleadmanager (npm)
What this malware does
The package's install lifecycle script runs node index.js, which loads lib/core.js. On install, that module collects os.userInfo().username, os.hostname(), and the basename of the current working directory, then issues a dns.resolve4 for a subdomain composed of those values under the hardcoded external domain oob.algamil7x.xyz. Module loads and the destination hostname are hex-array obfuscated: lib/g7h8i9.js uses module.constructor._load with hex-decoded strings to require os, dns, and process, and lib/h8i9j0.js stores the destination as hex arrays that decode to oob.algamil7x.xyz. The package name typosquats a legitimate ad-tech scope, and no functionality matching that stated purpose is present — the install-time DNS beacon is the package's only observable behavior.
Any computer that has this package installed or running should be considered fully compromised. All secrets and keys stored on that computer should be rotated immediately from a different computer. The package should be removed, but as full control of the computer may have been given to an outside entity, there is no guarantee that removing the package will remove all malicious software resulting from installing it.
Malicious versions
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Detection & response playbook
Backdoor / remote accessFind it
Search your lockfiles and build artifacts for @insiderintelligence/googleadmanager (2 malicious versions).
If you installed it — respond
@insiderintelligence/googleadmanager establishes remote access, so treat any host that installed it as fully compromised. Isolate the machine, remove the package, rotate all credentials it could reach, and rebuild from a trusted image rather than cleaning in place — a backdoor may have planted additional persistence.
Did it already run?
If @insiderintelligence/googleadmanager 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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- Amazon Inspector · finder
Detect & block this
O3 blocks @insiderintelligence/googleadmanager-class packages before install and in CI — and if it already ran, its runtime egress monitoring catches the C2 callback and severs the channel.