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  "schema": "cremit-ioc/v1",
  "generated_at": "2026-07-04T13:29:03.897Z",
  "package": {
    "ecosystem": "npm",
    "name": "ciphernest",
    "version": "0.8.4",
    "publisher": "vmmuthu31",
    "sha256": "sha512-BTwgTjHMn2/GbDY8AeAVrQiYGi200NUT/PvD+fUj+sgv6I8fx9oFFThVB4CQD8Geb+/0c2YL6AJfeSxgiSMB7g==",
    "tarball_url": "https://registry.npmjs.org/ciphernest/-/ciphernest-0.8.4.tgz",
    "weekly_downloads": null,
    "description": "AI-aware security scanner for VS Code — code vulnerabilities, LLM risks, secrets, dependencies, MCP & agent security",
    "repository_url": "https://github.com/vmmuthu31/CipherNest",
    "first_published_at": "2026-06-04T16:10:42.720Z"
  },
  "classification": {
    "label": "malicious",
    "confidence": 0.95,
    "summary": "Credential read (reads-github-tokens, reads-aws-creds, reads-ai-api-keys, reads-azure-creds) paired with webhook-bin destination — classic exfiltration signature.",
    "provider": "fast-track",
    "heuristic_score": 55,
    "disposition": "auto-published"
  },
  "references": {
    "npm_url": "https://www.npmjs.com/package/ciphernest/v/0.8.4",
    "pypi_url": null,
    "osv_id": null,
    "osv_url": null,
    "package_page": "https://incidents.cremit.io/packages/npm/ciphernest"
  },
  "techniques": [
    {
      "id": "T1033",
      "name": "System Owner/User Discovery",
      "tactic": "Discovery"
    },
    {
      "id": "T1059",
      "name": "Command and Scripting Interpreter",
      "tactic": "Execution"
    },
    {
      "id": "T1059.007",
      "name": "Command and Scripting Interpreter: JavaScript",
      "tactic": "Execution"
    },
    {
      "id": "T1082",
      "name": "System Information Discovery",
      "tactic": "Discovery"
    },
    {
      "id": "T1115",
      "name": "Clipboard Data",
      "tactic": "Collection"
    },
    {
      "id": "T1140",
      "name": "Deobfuscate/Decode Files or Information",
      "tactic": "Defense Evasion"
    },
    {
      "id": "T1552.001",
      "name": "Unsecured Credentials: Credentials in Files",
      "tactic": "Credential Access"
    },
    {
      "id": "T1555.003",
      "name": "Credentials from Web Browsers",
      "tactic": "Credential Access"
    },
    {
      "id": "T1567.002",
      "name": "Exfiltration Over Web Service",
      "tactic": "Exfiltration"
    }
  ],
  "indicators": {
    "network": {
      "urls": [
        "https://github.com/vmmuthu31/CipherNest.git"
      ],
      "ipv4": [],
      "webhook_bins": [],
      "discord_webhook_ids": [],
      "telegram_bots": [],
      "github_repos": [
        "github.com/vmmuthu31/CipherNest"
      ]
    },
    "files": {
      "credential_paths": []
    },
    "deps": {
      "suspicious": []
    },
    "encoded": {
      "base64": []
    },
    "metadata": {
      "heuristic_flags": [
        "tarball-size-jump:4x",
        "new-publisher:1d",
        "has-source-repo"
      ],
      "static_flags": [
        "public-github-push",
        "eval-dynamic",
        "reads-env-vars",
        "clipboard-access",
        "reads-github-tokens",
        "child-process-spawn",
        "fs-recursive-read",
        "reads-aws-creds",
        "reads-mcp-config",
        "reads-chromium-creds",
        "reads-ai-api-keys",
        "reads-homedir",
        "webhook-bin",
        "base64-decode",
        "reads-azure-creds"
      ],
      "self_described_as": []
    }
  },
  "stix_hints": {
    "indicator_pattern_examples": [
      "[file:hashes.'SHA-256' = 'sha512-BTwgTjHMn2/GbDY8AeAVrQiYGi200NUT/PvD+fUj+sgv6I8fx9oFFThVB4CQD8Geb+/0c2YL6AJfeSxgiSMB7g==']"
    ],
    "note": "These are STIX 2.1 indicator pattern fragments, not a full bundle. Wrap each in {type:\"indicator\", pattern:..., pattern_type:\"stix\"} and add identity / created_by_ref objects to ingest into a TIP."
  }
}