Researchers found a malicious npm package that pretended to be an “authorized” Twilio bug-bounty security probe to trick developers into running it. When executed in a Twilio developer environment, it collected system details and (in some versions) attempted to steal Twilio credentials like Account SID and Auth Token and send the data out via a webhook.
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You see an npm package called “tw-pkgprobe-7731” claiming it’s an authorized Twilio bug-bounty probe. Looks legit, right? Here’s the trick: once you run it in a Twilio dev or serverless environment, it grabs your environment variables, including ACCOUNT_SID and AUTH_TOKEN, plus system details, then ships it all out through a hidden webhook. That’s enough to effectively compromise your Twilio account, think unauthorized billing and triggered communications. And this “probe” even pokes internal Twilio-related hosts and the AWS metadata URL 169.254.169.254. Aha moment: if a “bug-bounty” tool wants your env vars or sends data out via webhook, stop. One move: before installing, check the vendor’s official bug-bounty or docs to confirm the tool is real.
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