spytracknpm
Malicious code in spytrack (npm) Remove it immediately and rotate any exposed credentials.
What this malware does
spytrack is a typosquat of chai-spies. When the plugin is registered via chai.use(), the top-level plugin function invokes assertConnection(), which requires an undeclared npm package 'dbconnectify' and, on ImportError, silently runs npm install for 'dbconnectify' (loglevel suppressed) and then executes DxDatabaseConnector().queryDBConnect(). The fetched package is not declared in package.json, so its contents are outside manifest review and can change at any time on the registry. The install-and-exec fires at plugin load in the installer's Node.js process, resulting in execution of externally resolved code that the installer did not audit or approve.
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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 spytrack (version 1.1.0). O3 Security's supply-chain scanner checks every dependency against known-malicious package intelligence at install time and in CI, flagging spytrack across your stack and pipelines.
If you installed it — respond
spytrack is a typosquat — you almost certainly intended a legitimately-named package. Remove spytrack, 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 spytrack 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 spytrack 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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- Amazon Inspector · finder
Detect & block this
O3 blocks spytrack-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.