ryan-pdf-jsnpm
Malicious code in ryan-pdf-js (npm) Remove it immediately and rotate any exposed credentials.
What this malware does
[email protected] is an empty stub package (index.js exports {}) whose sole purpose is to deliver an off-registry payload at install time. Its package.json declares its only dependency, ltidisafe, as a direct HTTPS tarball URL on a generic Google Cloud Storage bucket (https://ltidi.storage.googleapis.com/depenconf/ltidisafe-3.1.1.tgz) rather than a registry name, bypassing npm registry scanning. On npm install, npm fetches and unpacks that tarball, and any lifecycle scripts it contains execute on the installer's machine. The bucket path depenconf/ is consistent with dependency-confusion staging, and the package name evokes the widely-used pdf.js ecosystem while shipping no real implementation — a typosquat-shaped lure whose only effect is to route installs through the off-registry dropper.
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Indicators of compromise (SHA-256)
Detection & response playbook
TyposquatFind it
Scan your lockfiles (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, yarn.lock, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, etc.) and build artifacts for ryan-pdf-js (version 99.9.1). O3 Security's supply-chain scanner checks every dependency against known-malicious package intelligence at install time and in CI, flagging ryan-pdf-js across your stack and pipelines.
If you installed it — respond
ryan-pdf-js is a typosquat — you almost certainly intended a legitimately-named package. Remove ryan-pdf-js, 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 ryan-pdf-js 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 ryan-pdf-js 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 ryan-pdf-js-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.