'No Way to Prevent This,' Says Main Packaging System Where This Regularly Happens

axios Compromised on npm - Malicious Versions Drop Remote Access Trojan - StepSecurity
Hijacked maintainer account used to publish poisoned axios releases including 1.14.1 and 0.30.4. The attacker injected a hidden dependency that drops a cross platform RAT. We are actively investigating and will update this post with a full technical analysis.