Which versions of tiny-focusgroup-helper are malicious?

The following npm versions of tiny-focusgroup-helper are flagged malicious: 1.0.0. Treat any of these as compromised.

How do I remediate tiny-focusgroup-helper if I installed it?

tiny-focusgroup-helper 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.

I already installed tiny-focusgroup-helper — how do I know if it already compromised me?

If tiny-focusgroup-helper 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.

Is tiny-focusgroup-helper part of a known attack campaign?

Yes — tiny-focusgroup-helper is associated with the IN-MAL-2026-020951 campaign. Packages in the same campaign often share infrastructure and payloads, so check whether any related packages are also in your dependency tree.

How do I find tiny-focusgroup-helper across my projects, lockfiles, and CI pipelines?

Search your lockfiles and build artifacts for tiny-focusgroup-helper (version 1.0.0).

Malicious package

tiny-focusgroup-helpernpm

Advisory published Oct 4, 2026Updated Oct 4, 2026

tiny-focusgroup-helper is a confirmed malicious npm package (MAL-2026-17527) that opens a backdoor for remote access (malicious version 1.0.0). Do not install it — remove it immediately and rotate any exposed credentials.

Malicious code in tiny-focusgroup-helper (npm)

MAL-2026-17527

Immediate action

Remove the package, then rotate any secrets the build/runtime could reach.

npm uninstall tiny-focusgroup-helper

What this malware does

[email protected] declares itself as a focus-group accessibility helper, but thunderboltRegistry.js runs an IIFE at require time that executes whoami, uname -a, ifconfig/ip addr, and reads /etc/hosts via child_process, and POSTs/GETs the output as query parameters to the hardcoded plaintext endpoint http://dxpoc.gt.tc/callback.php/ef9ea0e191006f3cc6670720c99c26f3, along with a beacon containing node version, platform, and pid. The dxpoc.gt.tc host is a dynamic-DNS domain unrelated to any legitimate publisher. The package's exported surface (thunderboltRegistry, siteAssetsRegistry, documentManagementRegistry, editorRegistry, corvidRegistry) mirrors internal Wix thunderbolt registry module names and the shipped manifest references static.parastorage.com, consistent with a dependency-confusion/module-impersonation lure targeting Wix build environments.

Malicious versions

1 flagged

1.0.0

Indicators of compromise (SHA-256)

9c6d210f6c61d0ec49fac4bf487a2d71966b1f3dd59653d8a8fdf12e04f9b306

Detection & response playbook

Backdoor / remote access

Find it
Search your lockfiles and build artifacts for tiny-focusgroup-helper (version 1.0.0).
If you installed it — respond
tiny-focusgroup-helper 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 tiny-focusgroup-helper 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.

Frequently asked questions

No. tiny-focusgroup-helper on npm has been identified as a malicious package (version 1.0.0 flagged). It should be removed immediately — do not install or keep it in your dependency tree.

Campaign

IN-MAL-2026-020951

References

npmjs.com

Credits

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Detect & block this

O3 blocks tiny-focusgroup-helper-class packages before install and in CI — and if it already ran, its runtime egress monitoring catches the C2 callback and severs the channel.

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