bigops-timersnpm
bigops-timers is a confirmed malicious npm package (MAL-2026-12846) that executes malicious code on install (malicious version 35.9.5). Do not install it — remove it immediately and rotate any exposed credentials.
Malicious code in bigops-timers (npm)
What this malware does
On require() of bigops-timers, index.js loads compat.js which downloads a platform-specific binary from Cloudflare Workers hosts (oob-worker.cf103-070.workers.dev, oob-worker.cf102-baf.workers.dev, oob-worker.cf99-9b3.workers.dev) with a DNS TXT-record chunked fallback via sdk.dl.wel1.ru, ext.dl.wel1.ru, pkg.dl.wel1.ru, and net.dl.wel1.ru. The fetched bytes are written to /tmp or %TEMP% under masquerade filenames such as.cache<rand> and dotnet_diag_<rand>.exe, chmod 0755 is applied on Unix, and the file is spawned detached via /bin/sh -c '<file> &' or cmd.exe /c start. Destination hostnames, resolver domains, and the child_process module name are assembled by Array.join('') from split string fragments to evade static analysis. No hash or signature verification is performed, destinations are mutable and unrelated to the declared 'timers' purpose, and a second variant of the same fetch-chmod-spawn pipeline ships in lib/telemetry.js framed as an analytics SDK. Any consumer that installs or requires this package receives remote code execution under the installing user.
Malicious versions
Indicators of compromise (SHA-256)
Detection & response playbook
Malicious packageFind it
Scan your lockfiles (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, yarn.lock, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, etc.) and build artifacts for bigops-timers (version 35.9.5). O3 Security's supply-chain scanner checks every dependency against known-malicious package intelligence at install time and in CI, flagging bigops-timers across your stack and pipelines.
If you installed it — respond
Remove bigops-timers 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 bigops-timers 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 bigops-timers 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 bigops-timers-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.