ppt-creatornpm
Malicious code in ppt-creator (npm) Remove it immediately and rotate any exposed credentials.
What this malware does
On npm install, package.json's preinstall hook runs index.js, which collects host identifiers (os.hostname(), os.userInfo(), homedir, DNS servers, __dirname, the package's own package.json) and reads the contents of /etc/passwd and /etc/hosts, then HTTPS-POSTs the resulting JSON to a Burp Collaborator subdomain at 3z3l99x7vp8us6lzqm575hfh58bzzqnf.oastify.com. The package has no documented purpose and no library functionality — its only effect on installers is the exfiltration beacon. Any developer or CI system that runs npm install ppt-creator leaks user-account enumeration data and host fingerprints to the attacker-controlled collaborator endpoint.
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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 ppt-creator (version 1.0.0). O3 Security's supply-chain scanner checks every dependency against known-malicious package intelligence at install time and in CI, flagging ppt-creator across your stack and pipelines.
If you installed it — respond
ppt-creator 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 ppt-creator 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 ppt-creator 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 ppt-creator-class packages before install and in CI — and if it already ran, its runtime egress monitoring catches the credential exfiltration and severs the channel.