A new Mini Shai-Hulud wave hit keyv and 800+ npm packages. The malware now scans 469 secret locations, including AI agents, crypto wallets, and CI/CD tools.
A leaked n8n API key is only the start. GitGuardian's research traces the full chain, from exposed tokens and weak keys to CVE-2026-25053 and the N8N_ENCRYPTION_KEY that protects every stored credential, then lays out a hardened configuration to break it.
Credential harvesting is how attackers collect valid secrets at scale. See how it works, why developer machines are a prime target, and how to find them first.