twcvhjlksdmxnpm
twcvhjlksdmx is a confirmed malicious npm package (MAL-2026-13836) that typosquats a legitimate package to trick installs (malicious versions 1.0.0, 1.0.1). Do not install it — remove it immediately and rotate any exposed credentials.
Malicious code in twcvhjlksdmx (npm)
What this malware does
The tarball contains only package.json and index.html. package.json declares no preinstall/install/postinstall/prepare lifecycle hooks and sets main to index.html, which is not a loadable JavaScript module and will not execute on npm install or on require(). index.html impersonates a Cloudflare 'Just a moment' interstitial and embeds an obfuscator.io-style script (string-array + base64 _0x5844 decoder) that constructs a URL and calls window.location.replace to redirect the browser. The redirect only fires if a user opens the HTML file in a browser; it does not run against a developer or build system that installs or requires this package.
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
TyposquatFind it
Scan your lockfiles (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, yarn.lock, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, etc.) and build artifacts for twcvhjlksdmx (2 malicious versions). O3 Security's supply-chain scanner checks every dependency against known-malicious package intelligence at install time and in CI, flagging twcvhjlksdmx across your stack and pipelines.
If you installed it — respond
twcvhjlksdmx is a typosquat — you almost certainly intended a legitimately-named package. Remove twcvhjlksdmx, 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 twcvhjlksdmx 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 twcvhjlksdmx 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 twcvhjlksdmx-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.