The malicious fork, named ‘lotusbail’ has all the same functionality as the legitimate project, but it also steals WhatsApp authentication tokens and session keys. Furthermore, it intercepts and ...

A malicious npm WhatsApp library with 56,000 downloads secretly stole messages, credentials, and contacts in a sophisticated ...

Malicious npm package posing as a WhatsApp Web API library operated for months as a functional dependency while stealing ...

A malicious npm package posing as a WhatsApp API intercepts messages, steals credentials, and links attacker devices after 56 ...

The lotusbail NPM package steals WhatsApp credentials, messages, and contacts, and provides persistent access to the victims’ accounts.

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