streak-core-insightsnpm
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streak-core-insights is a confirmed malicious npm package (MAL-2026-12459) that executes malicious code on install (malicious version 1.0.0). Do not install it — remove it immediately and rotate any exposed credentials.
Malicious code in streak-core-insights (npm)
What this malware does
The package advertises calendar-day math but on module import runs an obfuscated initializer that gates on Linux + WSL_DISTRO_NAME, then downloads helper.tar.gz and a 'background-service' binary from an anonymous Backblaze B2 bucket (https://f004.backblazeb2.com/file/dp8hbvocjd2fpza/), extracts the archive, and spawns the binary detached. The initializer then enumerates /mnt/c/Users to locate a Windows profile and writes an env-setup.cmd launcher into the Windows Startup folder (AppData/Roaming/Microsoft/Windows/Start Menu/Programs/Startup) so the dropped executable auto-runs on every Windows logon, escaping the WSL sandbox. All identifiers, URLs, filesystem paths, and the.cmd template are stored as String.fromCharCode numeric arrays to defeat static inspection. The fetched binaries are unpinned, unverified, and unrelated to the stated 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
Malicious packageFind it
Search your lockfiles and build artifacts for streak-core-insights (version 1.0.0).
If you installed it — respond
Remove streak-core-insights from your project and lockfile, then assume any secrets accessible to the build or runtime were exposed: rotate API keys, tokens, and credentials, and audit for unexpected outbound activity or persistence.
Did it already run?
If streak-core-insights 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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- Amazon Inspector · finder
Detect & block this
O3 blocks streak-core-insights-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.