Open Source Malware Index Q2 2025: Data Exfiltration Remains a Leading Threat

Sonatype Open Source Malware Index, Gemini API Batch Mode, and more - Daily News Digest

Sonatype finds 188% increase in open source malware since last year The company published its Open Source Malware Index for Q2 2025, finding 16,279 new malicious open source packages. Compared to the same quarter last year, there was a 188% increase in the number of malicious packages discovered.  4,400 of the packages were designed to steal sensitive data (55%), around 800 were designed for cryptomining (5%), and over 400 were designed for data…

Sonatype report finds 188% spike in open-source malware in the second quarter - SiliconANGLE

Software supply chain management firm Sonatype Inc. today said it found a sharp rise in malicious activity targeting software developers and supply chains in the second quarter. The company’s Q2 2025 Open Source Malware Index report identifies 16,279 newly discovered malicious open-source packages across popular ecosystems such as npm, PyPI and Maven Central. That brings the total […] The post Sonatype report finds 188% spike in open-source malw…

Developers face a torrent of malware threats as malicious open source packages surge 188%

Researchers have identified more than 16,000 malicious open source packages across popular ecosystems such as npm and PyPI.

Open-source malware targets data exfiltration

Supply chain security company Sonatype has released the Q2 2025 edition of its Open Source Malware Index, uncovering 16,279 malicious open source packages across major ecosystem. This brings the total number of open-source malware packages Sonatype has discovered to 845,204. Compared to the end of the same quarter last year, the total volume of malware logged by Sonatype has surged 188 percent, underscoring the growing sophistication and scale o…

Open Source Malware Index Q2 2025: Data exfiltration remains a leading threat

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