@malwguy/ecto-corsair-whisper-3d2a7cnpm
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@malwguy/ecto-corsair-whisper-3d2a7c is a confirmed malicious npm package (MAL-2026-5685) 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 @malwguy/ecto-corsair-whisper-3d2a7c (npm)
What this malware does
On npm install, postinstall.js walks /, /app, /home, /opt, /root for files whose names match /flag|secret|env/i, reads their contents, scrapes process.env (including HOME, INIT_CWD, npm_config_registry, all env keys, and hostname), and PUTs the collected data as a YAML manifest over plaintext HTTP to the hardcoded endpoint http://154.57.164.80:30543/api/modules/ECT-987654 (and ECT-472839). The script also includes explicit anti-analysis evasion: it checks hostname/cwd/HOME/INIT_CWD against /hscan|/home/scan|scan-|sandbox/i and silently exits if a scanner-like environment is detected, and additionally gates exfiltration on the cwd containing '/app/'. Installing this package causes immediate, automatic exfiltration of installer-side credentials and secrets to attacker-controlled infrastructure.
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
Indicators of compromise (SHA-256)
Detection & response playbook
Credential / info stealerFind it
Search your lockfiles and build artifacts for @malwguy/ecto-corsair-whisper-3d2a7c (version 1.0.0).
If you installed it — respond
@malwguy/ecto-corsair-whisper-3d2a7c 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 @malwguy/ecto-corsair-whisper-3d2a7c 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 @malwguy/ecto-corsair-whisper-3d2a7c-class packages before install and in CI — and if it already ran, its runtime egress monitoring catches the credential exfiltration and severs the channel.