typscript-corenpm
typscript-core is a confirmed malicious npm package (MAL-2026-14157) that typosquats a legitimate package to trick installs (malicious version 1.0.0). Do not install it — remove it immediately and rotate any exposed credentials.
Malicious code in typscript-core (npm)
What this malware does
typscript-core is a typosquat of the 'typescript' package. Its scripts/postinstall.js reconstructs a GitHub download URL and shell commands from byte arrays XOR-decoded with the key 'stf2026', downloads a binary to %TEMP%\main.exe, and spawns it detached with windowsHide:true on win32 (and via a PowerShell bridge on WSL). The same postinstall also POSTs platform information to a hardcoded bare-IP endpoint at http://193.70.34.101:20099/vote, with the IP assembled from a four-element string array to evade static search. The URLs, shell commands, and destination IP are all obfuscated and reconstructed at runtime.
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 typscript-core (version 1.0.0). O3 Security's supply-chain scanner checks every dependency against known-malicious package intelligence at install time and in CI, flagging typscript-core across your stack and pipelines.
If you installed it — respond
typscript-core is a typosquat — you almost certainly intended a legitimately-named package. Remove typscript-core, 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 typscript-core 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 typscript-core 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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Detect & block this
O3 blocks typscript-core-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.