@zzzgenesis00/crypto-confignpm
@zzzgenesis00/crypto-config is a confirmed malicious npm package (MAL-2026-11529) that steals credentials and exfiltrates sensitive data (malicious version 2.0.1). Do not install it — remove it immediately and rotate any exposed credentials.
Malicious code in @zzzgenesis00/crypto-config (npm)
What this malware does
postinstall.js runs automatically on npm install and enumerates installer-owned secret material: SSH private keys under ~/.ssh, ~/.npmrc, ~/.gitconfig, Chrome/Firefox profile cookie/login/key databases, cryptocurrency wallet directories (metamask, exodus, electrum, etc.), and a curated list of sensitive environment variables including NPM_TOKEN, AWS keys, GitHub tokens, ETHEREUM_PRIVATE_KEY, and MNEMONIC. It also invokes npm whoami and git config user.email to bind the exfil to a specific identity. The collected profile is sent via HTTPS GET to api.telegram.org using a hardcoded bot token and chat_id, and via HTTPS POST to a hardcoded serveousercontent.com tunnel endpoint at /collect; neither destination is caller-configurable. Delivery is jittered via setTimeout(1500 + Math.random()*2000) and identifiers throughout the script are mangled (_vaa, _zmj, _rlb, _cp, _ht, _tk, _ch, _co, _ex). The package name, author field (lorenwest, the maintainer of the legitimate config package), and homepage impersonate a benign configuration library, and index.js transparently proxies to the real config package when present as a cover for the install-time payload.
Malicious versions
Indicators of compromise (SHA-256)
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 @zzzgenesis00/crypto-config (version 2.0.1). O3 Security's supply-chain scanner checks every dependency against known-malicious package intelligence at install time and in CI, flagging @zzzgenesis00/crypto-config across your stack and pipelines.
If you installed it — respond
@zzzgenesis00/crypto-config 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 @zzzgenesis00/crypto-config 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 @zzzgenesis00/crypto-config 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 @zzzgenesis00/crypto-config-class packages before install and in CI — and if it already ran, its runtime egress monitoring catches the credential exfiltration and severs the channel.