cryptostocknpm
cryptostock is a confirmed malicious npm package (MAL-2026-13693) that steals credentials and exfiltrates sensitive data (malicious versions 1.0.0, 1.0.1). Do not install it — remove it immediately and rotate any exposed credentials.
Malicious code in cryptostock (npm)
What this malware does
index.js is an obfuscated payload that, on require(), starts a C2 client against https://badai.run.place: it registers a UID, long-polls /cekappapiapi.php for shell commands, executes them via child_process.exec, and POSTs stdout/stderr back to /fallback.php (AES-256-ECB encrypted). After a randomized 2-8 minute delay it enumerates installer-owned secret directories (/root/.ssh, /home//.ssh, /opt/wallet-keys, /etc/ssl/private, ~/.ethereum/keystore, /var/lib/ethereum/keystore, /mnt/crypto/wallets) via find for .pem/.key/UTC--/keystore files, filters those containing 'PRIVATE KEY', and reads process.env.ETH_PRIVATE_KEY; matches are exfiltrated to badai.run.place. For each harvested 64-hex private key the code instantiates web3 against Infura mainnet and broadcasts a signed ETH transfer of the account balance (minus gas) to a hardcoded drain address. Strings including module names, the C2 host, private-key markers, and keystore paths are base64-encoded in a string table and decoded at runtime; the file header self-identifies as an obfuscated build integrating StealthC2 from Badnew.py.
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 cryptostock (2 malicious versions). O3 Security's supply-chain scanner checks every dependency against known-malicious package intelligence at install time and in CI, flagging cryptostock across your stack and pipelines.
If you installed it — respond
cryptostock 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 cryptostock 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 cryptostock 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 cryptostock-class packages before install and in CI — and if it already ran, its runtime egress monitoring catches the credential exfiltration and severs the channel.