---
title: "what the hell is even happening"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/what-the-hell-is-even-happening-rakunetfc
source_url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQhHpmMZIms
type: video:youtube
source: "Low Level Learning"
published: 2026-05-15T14:50:02.068Z
updated: 2026-05-15T14:50:22.421Z
tags: ["security", "malware", "github-actions", "npm"]
reading_time: 10
upvotes: 26
comments: 4
language: en
---

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# what the hell is even happening

**[Low Level Learning](https://daily.dev/sources/lowlevellearning)** · 10 min read · 26 upvotes · 4 comments

## Summary

A security-focused commentary on the current wave of supply chain attacks, particularly the Shy Hallude worm series compromising npm, PyPI, and Cargo package registries. The Tanstack compromise is highlighted as a case study, where a GitHub Actions pull_request_target workflow misconfiguration allowed attackers to steal a publish token and release a malicious signed package. Practical mitigations discussed include using package scanning services like Socket, sandboxing tools like any.run, and configuring package managers to refuse packages newer than one week. The video also covers a QEMU/KVM hypervisor escape vulnerability and argues that AI is accelerating both attack and defense capabilities, predicting a difficult 5-7 year period as attackers gain early advantage.

## Full article

daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQhHpmMZIms>

## Community discussion

Top comments from developers on daily.dev.

**@ezpie** · 1 upvotes

> whenever I see all this vuln the only thing that comes to my mind is, "oh wait I forgot to run sudo pacman -Syyu again"

**@deepjoshi\_dev** · 0 upvotes

> Because of recent events I check twice before installing any dependency and try to make things on my own depending on them you are just one prompt away anyway

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Tags: [#security](https://daily.dev/tags/security), [#malware](https://daily.dev/tags/malware), [#github-actions](https://daily.dev/tags/github-actions), [#npm](https://daily.dev/tags/npm)

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