Slow Fog: The new Rust supply chain malicious activity IronWorm is attacking the Web3 ecosystem through npm packages
According to SlowMist monitoring, a new type of Rust supply chain malware activity named IronWorm is attacking developer environments and the Web3 ecosystem through malicious npm packages. Potential attack behaviors include credential theft, wallet mnemonic and password theft, GitHub repository tampering, malicious package publishing, CI/CD secret leakage, Tor-based command control, and eBPF rootkit stealth.
Security teams should audit the repository for backtracked commits, suspicious branches, unexpected build hooks, and commits from automated identities such as claude, dependabot, renovate, or github-actions. It is recommended to remove or deprecate affected package versions, publish clean versions, rotate all leaked keys and tokens, review GitHub Actions artifacts, and rebuild potentially compromised development or CI systems from clean images.






