Widely used Trivy scanner compromised in ongoing supply-chain attack

Widely used Trivy scanner compromised in ongoing supply-chain attack

Hackers have compromised virtually all versions of Aqua Security’s widely used Trivy vulnerability scanner in an ongoing supply chain attack that could have wide-ranging consequences for developers and the organizations that use them. Trivy maintainer Itay Shakury confirmed the compromise on Friday, following rumors and a thread, since deleted by the attackers, discussing the incident. The attack began in the early hours of Thursday. When it was…

Trivy Supply Chain Attack Triggers Self-Spreading CanisterWorm Across 47 npm Packages

The threat actors behind the supply chain attack targeting the popular Trivy scanner are suspected to be conducting follow-on attacks that have led to the compromise of a large number of npm packages with a previously undocumented self-propagating worm dubbed CanisterWorm. The name is a reference to the fact that the malware uses an ICP canister, which refers to tamperproof smart contracts on This article has been indexed from The Hacker News …

Trivy vulnerability scanner backdoored with credential stealer in supply chain attack

Attackers have compromised the widely used open-source Trivy vulnerability scanner, injecting credential-stealing malware into official releases and GitHub Actions used by thousands of CI/CD workflows. The breach could trigger a cascade of additional supply-chain compromises if impacted projects and organizations don’t rotate their secrets immediately. The attack, disclosed by Trivy maintainers today, results from an earlier compromise announced…