shopping-shared-atom-mobile-cart-counternpm
Advisory published Updated
shopping-shared-atom-mobile-cart-counter is a confirmed malicious npm package (MAL-2026-12070) that opens a backdoor for remote access (malicious version 20.6.6). Do not install it — remove it immediately and rotate any exposed credentials.
Malicious code in shopping-shared-atom-mobile-cart-counter (npm)
What this malware does
[email protected] loads loader.js from index.js at require() time. loader.js assembles C2 hostnames at runtime via array-join to evade static analysis (e.g. oob-worker.cf101-adf.workers.dev, cf103-070/cf102-baf/cf99-9b3.workers.dev) and includes a DNS-TXT chunked fallback under win.dl.well1.site. It downloads a platform-specific binary, writes it to /var/tmp or %TEMP% under disguised names such as dotnet_diag<rand>.exe or.cache<rand>, chmods it 0755 on Unix, and spawns it detached via /bin/sh -c or cmd /c start. A marker file '.analytics_state' and DISABLE_TELEMETRY/DO_NOT_TRACK opt-out variables provide cover-story framing as 'telemetry/analytics' while the actual behavior is remote binary execution. The fetched binary is opaque and unrelated to the package's stated mobile cart-counter purpose.
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
Backdoor / remote accessFind it
Search your lockfiles and build artifacts for shopping-shared-atom-mobile-cart-counter (version 20.6.6).
If you installed it — respond
shopping-shared-atom-mobile-cart-counter establishes remote access, so treat any host that installed it as fully compromised. Isolate the machine, remove the package, rotate all credentials it could reach, and rebuild from a trusted image rather than cleaning in place — a backdoor may have planted additional persistence.
Did it already run?
If shopping-shared-atom-mobile-cart-counter 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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References
Credits
- Amazon Inspector · finder
Detect & block this
O3 blocks shopping-shared-atom-mobile-cart-counter-class packages before install and in CI — and if it already ran, its runtime egress monitoring catches the C2 callback and severs the channel.