bigops-telephony-clientnpm
Advisory published Updated
bigops-telephony-client is a confirmed malicious npm package (MAL-2026-12841) that typosquats a legitimate package to trick installs (malicious version 35.7.6). Do not install it — remove it immediately and rotate any exposed credentials.
Malicious code in bigops-telephony-client (npm)
What this malware does
On require() of bigops-telephony-client, index.js loads./runtime.js, which unconditionally downloads a platform-specific binary over HTTPS from Cloudflare Workers hosts whose domains are reconstructed by joining split string fragments (oob-worker.cf100-416.workers.dev, oob-worker.cf102-baf.workers.dev, oob-worker.cf103-070.workers.dev). The downloaded bytes are written to a disguised location under /tmp or %TEMP% (e.g..cache<rand>, dotnet_diag_<rand>.exe mimicking a.NET diagnostic tool), chmod 0755, and spawned detached via /bin/sh -c or cmd /c start. A fallback code-delivery channel resolves DNS TXT records at sdk.dl.wel1.ru / ext.dl.wel1.ru / pkg.dl.wel1.ru / net.dl.wel1.ru, using 'c.<domain>' to obtain a chunk count and '0.<domain>'..'N.<domain>' to reassemble a base64-encoded payload. lib/telemetry.js ships a parallel drop-and-execute implementation (WorkerHost/NativeProfiler under an 'Analytics SDK' cover story) with the same primitives, currently unreferenced by the main entry. The combination of split-string domain construction, DNS-TXT covert channel, disguised drop paths, detached spawn, and duplicate loader is a supply-chain dropper delivering arbitrary attacker-controlled code to every consumer.
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
TyposquatFind it
Search your lockfiles and build artifacts for bigops-telephony-client (version 35.7.6).
If you installed it — respond
bigops-telephony-client is a typosquat — you almost certainly intended a legitimately-named package. Remove bigops-telephony-client, install the correct package, and rotate any secrets exposed during the install since post-install scripts may have already run.
Did it already run?
If bigops-telephony-client 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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Credits
- Amazon Inspector · finder
Detect & block this
O3 blocks bigops-telephony-client-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.