Worm armed 42 GitHub repos by hiding a payload too big to fail

This attack shows how supply chain threats are evolving to weaponize trusted developer workflows: a self-spreading npm worm secretly armed 42 GitHub repositories and used oversized payloads plus anti-analysis tricks to evade GitHub search and automated scanners. For CIOs and technology leaders, the business risk is broad compromise of source code, credentials, and CI/CD systems across internal and third-party ecosystems, which can quickly translate into service disruption, data exposure, and downstream customer impact.