TLDR You can easily make your NPM package look popular with a minimal script with no barriers at all.

Read the short story here - https://www.linkedin.com/posts/tom-abai-a4862915a_osssupplyc...

I get your point and agree with that, but i think that the technique used here was interesting

The package was published on npm, the original extension, has a private component on npm with a similar name to that package, and that the squat the attacker tried to take advantage of

Nice, I also did in our website https://www.mend.io/blog/fake-vs-code-extension-on-npm-sprea...

We discover a fake vscode extension that serves a multi-stage malware on npm, Inc.

The package uses javascript obfuscation for downloading the first stage of the malware, than it uses a heavily obfuscated batch file to conntinue into the second phase.

Lastly it leverages preconfigured ScreenConnect remote desktop installer to communicate with the compromised machine.

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