{
 "tag": "developers",
 "name": "Developers",
 "group": "Other",
 "incidents": [
  {
   "slug": "npm-galedonovan-solana-key-stealers-mar-2026",
   "title": "Five typosquatted npm packages hook Base58 decoding to steal Solana and Ethereum private keys",
   "url": "https://drains.watch/i/npm-galedonovan-solana-key-stealers-mar-2026",
   "json": "https://drains.watch/i/npm-galedonovan-solana-key-stealers-mar-2026.json",
   "status": "closed",
   "severity": "medium",
   "threatStatus": "partly-contained",
   "verification": "verified",
   "chains": [
    "solana",
    "ethereum"
   ],
   "method": "supply-chain",
   "product": "npm packages raydium-bs58, base-x-64, bs58-basic, ethersproject-wallet, base_xd",
   "tags": [
    "solana",
    "ethereum",
    "supply-chain",
    "npm",
    "typosquat",
    "bs58",
    "base58",
    "telegram-c2",
    "developers",
    "raydium"
   ],
   "amountUsd": null,
   "victims": null,
   "startedAt": "2026-03-26",
   "closedAt": "2026-03-26",
   "updatedAt": "2026-03-26T12:00:00Z",
   "summary": "In March 2026, Cyber Press reported five malicious npm packages from the account 'galedonovan', aimed at crypto developers: raydium-bs58, base-x-64, bs58-basic, ethersproject-wallet and base_xd. The Solana packages intercept Base58 decode() calls used to load keypairs and send the private key in plain text to a Telegram bot, while the app keeps working normally. The Ethereum package hooks the Wallet constructor. base_xd was pulled within five minutes, but the other four were still live when the report came out. Developers who installed any of them should rotate keys and move funds."
  },
  {
   "slug": "cursor-contractshark-solidity-extension-dev-key-theft-aug-2025",
   "title": "Malicious 'contractshark.solidity-lang' Cursor extension steals an Ethereum core developer's private key",
   "url": "https://drains.watch/i/cursor-contractshark-solidity-extension-dev-key-theft-aug-2025",
   "json": "https://drains.watch/i/cursor-contractshark-solidity-extension-dev-key-theft-aug-2025.json",
   "status": "closed",
   "severity": "medium",
   "threatStatus": "partly-contained",
   "verification": "verified",
   "ai": {
    "role": "agent-target",
    "note": "The key-stealing extension was installed in Cursor, the AI code editor the developer used as a coding assistant; it read the .env file rather than abusing the AI itself."
   },
   "chains": [
    "ethereum"
   ],
   "method": "supply-chain",
   "product": "Cursor AI code editor users",
   "tags": [
    "ethereum",
    "supply-chain",
    "cursor",
    "ai-code-editor",
    "malicious-extension",
    "solidity",
    "env-file",
    "private-key",
    "developers",
    "ai"
   ],
   "amountUsd": null,
   "victims": 1,
   "startedAt": "2025-08-13",
   "closedAt": "2025-08-13",
   "updatedAt": "2025-08-13T12:00:00Z",
   "summary": "Cointelegraph reported on 13 August 2025 that an Ethereum core developer's hot wallet was drained after he installed 'contractshark.solidity-lang', a fake Solidity extension for the Cursor AI code editor with over 54,000 downloads. The extension read his .env file and sent the private key to the attacker, who waited three days before emptying the wallet. The loss was a few hundred dollars because he kept only test funds there and his main holdings on hardware wallets. Keep keys out of .env files on development machines and use small, separate test wallets."
  },
  {
   "slug": "cursor-fake-solidity-extension-500k-crypto-theft-jul-2025",
   "title": "Fake Solidity extension for the Cursor AI code editor leads to about $500K crypto theft from a developer",
   "url": "https://drains.watch/i/cursor-fake-solidity-extension-500k-crypto-theft-jul-2025",
   "json": "https://drains.watch/i/cursor-fake-solidity-extension-500k-crypto-theft-jul-2025.json",
   "status": "closed",
   "severity": "high",
   "threatStatus": "partly-contained",
   "verification": "verified",
   "ai": {
    "role": "agent-target",
    "note": "The malicious extension reached the victim through the extension marketplace used by Cursor, an AI-powered code editor; the AI features themselves were not exploited."
   },
   "chains": [
    "multi-evm"
   ],
   "method": "supply-chain",
   "product": "Cursor AI code editor users (Open VSX extensions)",
   "tags": [
    "multi-evm",
    "supply-chain",
    "cursor",
    "ai-code-editor",
    "open-vsx",
    "malicious-extension",
    "solidity",
    "screenconnect",
    "quasar",
    "infostealer",
    "developers",
    "ai"
   ],
   "amountUsd": 500000,
   "victims": 1,
   "startedAt": "2025-07-10",
   "closedAt": "2025-07-10",
   "updatedAt": "2025-07-10T12:00:00Z",
   "summary": "Kaspersky reported on 10 July 2025 that a blockchain developer lost about $500,000 in crypto after installing a fake Solidity extension in Cursor, an AI code editor built on VS Code that gets extensions from the Open VSX registry. The extension gave no Solidity support; it installed ScreenConnect remote-access software, then the Quasar backdoor and a stealer that took browser, email and wallet data, including seed phrases. The attackers used the seed phrases to drain the developer's wallets. Developers should vet editor extensions and never keep seed phrases or funded keys on a coding machine."
  }
 ],
 "changes": [
  {
   "incident": "npm-galedonovan-solana-key-stealers-mar-2026",
   "incidentTitle": "Five typosquatted npm packages hook Base58 decoding to steal Solana and Ethereum private keys",
   "severity": "medium",
   "status": "closed",
   "threatStatus": "partly-contained",
   "date": "2026-03-26",
   "title": "Cyber Press reported five 'galedonovan' npm packages that exfiltrate Solana and Ethereum private keys to a Telegram bot; four were still live.",
   "sourceUrl": "https://cyberpress.org/telegram-attack-targets-crypto-developers/",
   "url": "https://drains.watch/i/npm-galedonovan-solana-key-stealers-mar-2026"
  },
  {
   "incident": "cursor-contractshark-solidity-extension-dev-key-theft-aug-2025",
   "incidentTitle": "Malicious 'contractshark.solidity-lang' Cursor extension steals an Ethereum core developer's private key",
   "severity": "medium",
   "status": "closed",
   "threatStatus": "partly-contained",
   "date": "2025-08-13",
   "title": "Cointelegraph reported that a malicious Cursor extension had taken an Ethereum core developer's private key and the hot wallet was drained the previous Sunday.",
   "sourceUrl": "https://cointelegraph.com/news/core-ethereum-devs-crypto-wallet-drained-ai-extension",
   "url": "https://drains.watch/i/cursor-contractshark-solidity-extension-dev-key-theft-aug-2025"
  },
  {
   "incident": "cursor-fake-solidity-extension-500k-crypto-theft-jul-2025",
   "incidentTitle": "Fake Solidity extension for the Cursor AI code editor leads to about $500K crypto theft from a developer",
   "severity": "high",
   "status": "closed",
   "threatStatus": "partly-contained",
   "date": "2025-07-10",
   "title": "Kaspersky disclosed that a fake Solidity extension aimed at Cursor users led to about $500,000 in stolen crypto from a blockchain developer.",
   "sourceUrl": "https://www.kaspersky.com/about/press-releases/kaspersky-uncovers-500k-crypto-heist-through-malicious-packages-targeting-cursor-developers",
   "url": "https://drains.watch/i/cursor-fake-solidity-extension-500k-crypto-theft-jul-2025"
  }
 ]
}