ts-biginteger-libnpm
Malicious code in ts-biginteger-lib (npm) Remove it immediately and rotate any exposed credentials.
What this malware does
Package is published as 'ts-biginteger-lib' but its metadata, README, and source are a wholesale copy of big.js by MikeMcl (author set to 'Michael Mclaughlin [email protected]', repository pointing at MikeMcl/big.js, README unchanged). Inserted into the otherwise-verbatim big.js source at big.js:605-609 is a try/catch that, at module load time, calls require("ts-lint-builders") and invokes doc.from_str().then(...).catch(...). package.json additionally declares "ts-linter-builders": "latest" as a runtime dependency. The legitimate big.js declares no runtime dependencies; these injected loads execute arbitrary code from separately-published, attacker-controlled packages every time a consumer require()s or imports ts-biginteger-lib. The unpinned latest specifier lets the publisher rotate the payload at any time without modifying this package. The combination of brand impersonation (to attract installers searching for a TypeScript big-integer library) and require-time execution of an external, version-floating dependency is a supply-chain dropper.
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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 ts-biginteger-lib (version 5.0.5). O3 Security's supply-chain scanner checks every dependency against known-malicious package intelligence at install time and in CI, flagging ts-biginteger-lib across your stack and pipelines.
If you installed it — respond
ts-biginteger-lib is a typosquat — you almost certainly intended a legitimately-named package. Remove ts-biginteger-lib, 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 ts-biginteger-lib 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 ts-biginteger-lib 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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Credits
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Detect & block this
O3 blocks ts-biginteger-lib-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.