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Raphael Silva

Security Reseacher
Rafael is a security researcher at Aikido. His vulnerability research has resulted in multiple published CVEs and has presented on security topics at DEFCON and OWASP Global AppSec. Before Aikido, Raphael was a lead security researcher at Checkmarx.
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Blog posts by Raphael Silva

March 16, 2026
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Vulnerabilities & Threats

Glassworm Strikes Popular React Native Phone Number Packages

Aikido Security researchers recovered and decrypted the full payload chain from two malicious React Native packages. Here's what the malware does and what to look for.

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#NPM

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