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Two Joyfill npm Beta Releases Compromised to Deliver DEV#POPPER Remote Access Trojan

calendar_today July 28, 2026 person Socket Research Team domain socket

Two npm beta releases in the @joyfill namespace contain an import-time JavaScript implant that resolves encrypted code through Tron, Aptos, and BNB Smart Chain transactions. Static analysis shows that its primary branch reaches a 77 KB Node.js remote-access trojan. A parallel branch launches a detached Node.js process, requests a separate boot payload from 23[.]27[.]13[.]43/$/boot , sends the marker header Sec-V: A9-0135-3 , decrypts the response, and evaluates it.

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