diff --git a/pkg/detectors/npm/token/detector.go b/pkg/detectors/npm/token/detector.go
index 37d23d6c70ea0..111068910c935 100644
--- a/pkg/detectors/npm/token/detector.go
+++ b/pkg/detectors/npm/token/detector.go
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ func (s BaseScanner) VerifyToken(
 	ctx context.Context,
 	data string,
 	token string,
+	includeDefaultRegistry bool,
 ) (bool, map[string]string, error) {
 	logger := ctx.Logger().WithName("npm")
 	if s.client == nil {
@@ -59,7 +60,7 @@ func (s BaseScanner) VerifyToken(
 	} else {
 		// A high confidence match was not found.
 		// Attempt to verify the token against any registries we can find.
-		for uri, info := range registry.FindAllURLs(ctx, data, true) {
+		for uri, info := range registry.FindAllURLs(ctx, data, includeDefaultRegistry) {
 			registries[uri] = info
 		}
 		logger.V(4).Info("Found low-confidence matches for token", "token", token, "registries", maps.Keys(registries))
diff --git a/pkg/detectors/npm/token/generic/generic.go b/pkg/detectors/npm/token/generic/generic.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..1f0df1b1a2dab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/detectors/npm/token/generic/generic.go
@@ -0,0 +1,107 @@
+package generic
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"errors"
+	"strings"
+
+	regexp "github.com/wasilibs/go-re2"
+
+	"github.com/trufflesecurity/trufflehog/v3/pkg/common"
+	logContext "github.com/trufflesecurity/trufflehog/v3/pkg/context"
+	"github.com/trufflesecurity/trufflehog/v3/pkg/detectors"
+	"github.com/trufflesecurity/trufflehog/v3/pkg/detectors/npm"
+	"github.com/trufflesecurity/trufflehog/v3/pkg/detectors/npm/token"
+	newToken "github.com/trufflesecurity/trufflehog/v3/pkg/detectors/npm/token/new"
+	"github.com/trufflesecurity/trufflehog/v3/pkg/detectors/npm/token/uuid"
+)
+
+type Scanner struct {
+	token.BaseScanner
+}
+
+// Ensure the Scanner satisfies the interfaces at compile time.
+var _ interface {
+	detectors.Detector
+	detectors.Versioner
+} = (*Scanner)(nil)
+
+func (s Scanner) Version() int { return int(npm.TokenGeneric) }
+
+func (s Scanner) Keywords() []string {
+	return []string{
+		"npm",        // generic
+		"_authToken", // npmrc
+	}
+}
+
+var (
+	// genericKeyPat should match all possible values for .npmrc auth tokens.
+	genericKeyPat = regexp.MustCompile(`(?:_authToken|(?i:npm(?:[_.-]?config)?[_\-.]?token))['"]?(?:[ \t]*[:=][ \t]*|[ \t]+)(?:'([^']+)'|"([^"]+)"|([a-zA-Z0-9_+-][[:graph:]]{6,}[a-zA-Z0-9_+/=-]))`)
+	uuidPat       = regexp.MustCompile("(?i)" + common.UUIDPattern)
+
+	// TODO: Skip package-lock.json and yarn.lock, which are common sources of false positives.
+	invalidKeyPat = func() *regexp.Regexp {
+		return regexp.MustCompile(`(?i)(data\.token|process\.env\.[a-z_]+|-(assignments|defines|descope|inject-block|properties|providers|stream|string|substitute|whitespace-trim)|-(\d+\.\d+\.\d+|[a-z0-9-]+)\.tgz|registry\.npmjs\.org/[a-z_-]+/\d+\.\d+\.\d+)`)
+	}()
+)
+
+func (s Scanner) FromData(ctx context.Context, verify bool, data []byte) (results []detectors.Result, err error) {
+	dataStr := string(data)
+	logCtx := logContext.AddLogger(ctx)
+
+	// Deduplicate results for more efficient handling.
+	tokens := make(map[string]struct{})
+	for _, match := range genericKeyPat.FindAllStringSubmatch(dataStr, -1) {
+		_, t := firstNonEmptyMatch(match, 1)
+		t = strings.TrimSpace(t)
+		// Ignore results that can be handled by the v1 or v2 detectors.
+		if uuid.TokenPat.MatchString(t) || newToken.TokenPat.MatchString(t) {
+			continue
+		} else if detectors.StringShannonEntropy(t) < 3 {
+			continue
+		} else if invalidKeyPat.MatchString(t) {
+			continue
+		}
+		tokens[t] = struct{}{}
+	}
+
+	// Handle results.
+	for t := range tokens {
+		r := detectors.Result{
+			DetectorType: s.Type(),
+			Raw:          []byte(t),
+		}
+
+		if verify {
+			verified, extraData, vErr := s.VerifyToken(logCtx, dataStr, t, false)
+			r.Verified = verified
+			r.ExtraData = extraData
+			if vErr != nil {
+				if errors.Is(vErr, detectors.ErrNoLocalIP) {
+					continue
+				}
+				r.SetVerificationError(vErr)
+			}
+		}
+
+		results = append(results, r)
+	}
+
+	return
+}
+
+// firstNonEmptyMatch returns the index and value of the first non-empty match.
+// If no non-empty match is found, it will return: 0, "".
+func firstNonEmptyMatch(matches []string, skip int) (int, string) {
+	if len(matches) < skip {
+		return 0, ""
+	}
+	// The first index is the entire matched string.
+	for i, val := range matches[skip:] {
+		if val != "" {
+			return i + skip, val
+		}
+	}
+	return 0, ""
+}
diff --git a/pkg/detectors/npm/token/generic/generic_integration_test.go b/pkg/detectors/npm/token/generic/generic_integration_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..1d183c543ea91
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/detectors/npm/token/generic/generic_integration_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,120 @@
+//go:build detectors
+// +build detectors
+
+package generic
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"fmt"
+	"testing"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/kylelemons/godebug/pretty"
+
+	"github.com/trufflesecurity/trufflehog/v3/pkg/common"
+	"github.com/trufflesecurity/trufflehog/v3/pkg/detectors"
+	"github.com/trufflesecurity/trufflehog/v3/pkg/pb/detectorspb"
+)
+
+func TestNpmToken_Generic_FromChunk(t *testing.T) {
+	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), time.Second*5)
+	defer cancel()
+	testSecrets, err := common.GetSecret(ctx, "trufflehog-testing", "detectors2")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("could not get test secrets from GCP: %s", err)
+	}
+	secret := testSecrets.MustGetField("NPMTOKEN_GENERIC")
+	inactiveSecret := testSecrets.MustGetField("NPMTOKEN_GENERIC_INACTIVE")
+
+	type args struct {
+		ctx    context.Context
+		data   []byte
+		verify bool
+	}
+	tests := []struct {
+		name    string
+		s       Scanner
+		args    args
+		want    []detectors.Result
+		wantErr bool
+	}{
+		{
+			name: "found, verified",
+			s:    Scanner{},
+			args: args{
+				ctx:    context.Background(),
+				data:   []byte(fmt.Sprintf("You can find a npmtoken_generic secret %s within", secret)),
+				verify: true,
+			},
+			want: []detectors.Result{
+				{
+					DetectorType: detectorspb.DetectorType_NpmToken,
+					Verified:     true,
+				},
+			},
+			wantErr: false,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "found, unverified",
+			s:    Scanner{},
+			args: args{
+				ctx:    context.Background(),
+				data:   []byte(fmt.Sprintf("You can find a npmtoken_generic secret %s within but not valid", inactiveSecret)), // the secret would satisfy the regex but not pass validation
+				verify: true,
+			},
+			want: []detectors.Result{
+				{
+					DetectorType: detectorspb.DetectorType_NpmToken,
+					Verified:     false,
+				},
+			},
+			wantErr: false,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "not found",
+			s:    Scanner{},
+			args: args{
+				ctx:    context.Background(),
+				data:   []byte("You cannot find the secret within"),
+				verify: true,
+			},
+			want:    nil,
+			wantErr: false,
+		},
+	}
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			s := Scanner{}
+			got, err := s.FromData(tt.args.ctx, tt.args.verify, tt.args.data)
+			if (err != nil) != tt.wantErr {
+				t.Errorf("NpmToken_New.FromData() error = %v, wantErr %v", err, tt.wantErr)
+				return
+			}
+			for i := range got {
+				if len(got[i].Raw) == 0 {
+					t.Fatalf("no raw secret present: \n %+v", got[i])
+				}
+				got[i].Raw = nil
+			}
+			if diff := pretty.Compare(got, tt.want); diff != "" {
+				t.Errorf("NpmToken_New.FromData() %s diff: (-got +want)\n%s", tt.name, diff)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+func BenchmarkFromData(benchmark *testing.B) {
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	s := Scanner{}
+	for name, data := range detectors.MustGetBenchmarkData() {
+		benchmark.Run(name, func(b *testing.B) {
+			b.ResetTimer()
+			for n := 0; n < b.N; n++ {
+				_, err := s.FromData(ctx, false, data)
+				if err != nil {
+					b.Fatal(err)
+				}
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
diff --git a/pkg/detectors/npm/token/generic/generic_test.go b/pkg/detectors/npm/token/generic/generic_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..460aebb2a13bf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/detectors/npm/token/generic/generic_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,227 @@
+package generic
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/trufflesecurity/trufflehog/v3/pkg/detectors"
+	"github.com/trufflesecurity/trufflehog/v3/pkg/engine/ahocorasick"
+)
+
+type npmPatternTestCase struct {
+	input    string
+	expected string
+}
+
+func TestNpmTokenGeneric_Pattern(t *testing.T) {
+	cases := map[string]npmPatternTestCase{
+		".npmrc/_authToken/top_level": {
+			input: `_authToken = dL4dfTOJSL8pijHrBFPKqp2bUwLGkVotezEn8dfTPe-Qa1cP
+registry = https://npm.company.com/
+always-auth = true`,
+			expected: "dL4dfTOJSL8pijHrBFPKqp2bUwLGkVotezEn8dfTPe-Qa1cP",
+		},
+		".npmrc/_authToken/json": {
+			input:    `"_authToken": "VVEvgoi7lSkBaCd4s0Gb0A==",`,
+			expected: "VVEvgoi7lSkBaCd4s0Gb0A==",
+		},
+		".npmrc/_authToken/top_level/quoted": {
+			input:    `# _authToken=VVEvgoi7lSkBaCd4s0Gb0A==`,
+			expected: "VVEvgoi7lSkBaCd4s0Gb0A==",
+		},
+		".npmrc/_authToken/top_level/backtick": {
+			input:    "`_authToken=VVEvgoi7lSkBaCd4s0Gb0A==`,",
+			expected: "VVEvgoi7lSkBaCd4s0Gb0A==",
+		},
+		".npmrc/_authToken/scoped/artifactory": {
+			input: `registry=https://artifactory.example.com/artifactory/api/npm/npm/
+//artifactory.example.com/artifactory/api/npm/npm/:_authToken=eyJ2ZXIiOiIyIiwidHlwIjoiSldUIiwiYWxnIjoiUlMyNTYiLCJraWQiOiJSZ25DcnBEVXlKOV9yNElVRnNSU2hqU0E0aGpibEpjZ0M2bnJhN3ZqcTNNIn0.eyJzdWIiOiJqZnJ0QDAxY2pwdDc0N3ZyNHo0MTU4MHNiN3MxYW14XC91c2Vyc1wvYXJ0dXJvLmNhbXBvcyIsInNjcCI6ImFwcGxpZWQtcGVybWlzc2lvbnNcL2dyb3VwczpyZWFkZXJzLGRlcGxveS1kZXYtbnBtLGRlcGxveS1sb2NhbCIsImF1ZCI6ImpmcnRAMDFjanB0NzQ3dnI0ejQxNTgwc2I3czFhbXgiLCJpc3MiOiJqZnJ0QDAxY2pwdDc0N3ZyNHo0MTU4MHNiN3MxYW14XC91c2Vyc1wvYXJ0dXJvLmNhbXBvcyIsImV4cCI6MTY1NjAwNDUxOSwiaWF0IjoxNjU2MDAwOTE5LCJqdGkiOiJjOWZhM2VhNS01MzE0LTQwMzUtYjNiYy03OGNjMDJmYmM1NWMifQ.EIEPLzz9H2oQ3rKLKI_t1qtxi-G9ym6P6J5z7xWLsq79aHK3XV_E8_yuUK8giaOOdl_CaITOjl8Bt2aUVXTZKFKIOiQMLscBM4B6qGj_n4Qq8jiMwcKjnD_iWx8Wo-aNHHxgjvrRdWf-2UPIm6lSc77oZbUNAjhA5Q-W3uQRG7d50FGZpq_EEZsfbOcD7EMU2ZnvfYNTgTtmhZWfLefzB6xUF8WHgiDAVHJKQ2fKLX45Z9trc2SkKQmPBxaS-pBtKBhK15kQZ3x625KtLRr2ZwgOaJKHcg4SwuGOpyTF48nTk53SDorSj6fqlypTavVQRi-5cuSGTPrqLObk6lwpRg`,
+			expected: "eyJ2ZXIiOiIyIiwidHlwIjoiSldUIiwiYWxnIjoiUlMyNTYiLCJraWQiOiJSZ25DcnBEVXlKOV9yNElVRnNSU2hqU0E0aGpibEpjZ0M2bnJhN3ZqcTNNIn0.eyJzdWIiOiJqZnJ0QDAxY2pwdDc0N3ZyNHo0MTU4MHNiN3MxYW14XC91c2Vyc1wvYXJ0dXJvLmNhbXBvcyIsInNjcCI6ImFwcGxpZWQtcGVybWlzc2lvbnNcL2dyb3VwczpyZWFkZXJzLGRlcGxveS1kZXYtbnBtLGRlcGxveS1sb2NhbCIsImF1ZCI6ImpmcnRAMDFjanB0NzQ3dnI0ejQxNTgwc2I3czFhbXgiLCJpc3MiOiJqZnJ0QDAxY2pwdDc0N3ZyNHo0MTU4MHNiN3MxYW14XC91c2Vyc1wvYXJ0dXJvLmNhbXBvcyIsImV4cCI6MTY1NjAwNDUxOSwiaWF0IjoxNjU2MDAwOTE5LCJqdGkiOiJjOWZhM2VhNS01MzE0LTQwMzUtYjNiYy03OGNjMDJmYmM1NWMifQ.EIEPLzz9H2oQ3rKLKI_t1qtxi-G9ym6P6J5z7xWLsq79aHK3XV_E8_yuUK8giaOOdl_CaITOjl8Bt2aUVXTZKFKIOiQMLscBM4B6qGj_n4Qq8jiMwcKjnD_iWx8Wo-aNHHxgjvrRdWf-2UPIm6lSc77oZbUNAjhA5Q-W3uQRG7d50FGZpq_EEZsfbOcD7EMU2ZnvfYNTgTtmhZWfLefzB6xUF8WHgiDAVHJKQ2fKLX45Z9trc2SkKQmPBxaS-pBtKBhK15kQZ3x625KtLRr2ZwgOaJKHcg4SwuGOpyTF48nTk53SDorSj6fqlypTavVQRi-5cuSGTPrqLObk6lwpRg",
+		},
+		".npmrc/_authToken/scoped/gitlab_old": {
+			input:    `RUN npm config set "//gitlab.com/api/v4/packages/npm/:_authToken" "aB3_-9R2sPqLxY0ZwCc8D"`,
+			expected: "aB3_-9R2sPqLxY0ZwCc8D",
+		},
+		".npmrc/_authToken/scoped/gitlab_new": {
+			input: `@company:registry=https://gitlab.com/api/v4/projects/12356452/packages/npm/
+//gitlab.com/api/v4/projects/12356452/packages/npm/:_authToken=glpat-ijTwXA7JxJAEx7uzmVfH`,
+			expected: "glpat-ijTwXA7JxJAEx7uzmVfH",
+		},
+		".npmrc/_authToken/scoped/github": {
+			input: `npm config set @company:registry=https://npm.pkg.github.com/
+    npm config set //npm.pkg.github.com/:_authToken=ghp_sS4gaQUHsXSdwojekGTlaIAgJ77Wsn4D7gPO
+    npm install -g @company/internal-package@1.2.3`,
+			expected: "ghp_sS4gaQUHsXSdwojekGTlaIAgJ77Wsn4D7gPO",
+		},
+		".npmrc/_authToken/scoped/google": {
+			input: `//us-east1-npm.pkg.dev/company-dev-167118/project/:_authToken=ya29.c.b0Aaekm1IkdX0VHcPkEnYB8dmgL5IHi3jXTffM9hwjaNInirTSOv3hsCsJuCyswioQpO1UGkvVqReYpSW7V6sxmTv7fSPpZJeKzRQcKb6LLjApF7gFGyZMg9lUf7YBFixyGDZxaq0T-FnksK8O7KC4MSxalTe4dnl_jWXcs7FKi-FQOwsAuR1-zwRS63F1YG9fpCq2WykPhjwcbYPVlb3jpTOmIJhGpaWq7Sd5_uunWTHadgI3sCCazp_rT8xa8MS8YtyTJl716Taix4nmD-2Rertq9uS8P9AkFHMHaRvXl3W2PbNHxQtJ3fI3RRmBaVSe5WQlA1MofCol-lUN344KqfknpMfIjuXhB4h5fRB5zZ0Z2te_f0SVS1ZZ1Ox-sWVbh-2keFJ9Um0OS7O46rIOg_z7X-817qf_rIWmhQZgmk6ubI4hVR-7_lUl8lzi0ypo6Ve2wVZd6n9q8ws_RWt5k1Q_YkI0ukMe-U3a7s8F16w7r0OSFqVmhy0psYQ4-8jp79IhUbdm10l32tQhZ22UcIuBk8S4FX4c7nUIWk1Xd9xeu0JJ8Xrwd6nW24i1j-vbnMZxk0t1_5ZljUXVncxo5xjucr4WyYOmvuaS_iSaz89jUdYfxiOxWieiUVbuzZSXWvZFFZrkQFggeq3Vq2hmj6Zls_W8Bm9o8-8020S6692rB5pf8h6b-RI4zig928xufkWtVfMXU3fth24eVWqYIIy_qQh6UcJ1_VZF8uvMYoowUu3aQShisof8eoi8qQixO4YIJ2VSSctnFvthQUJ_0p5Vt9YQSyx_XqS8_1VeaMpnwWMkXXSVZrflo9Ieb_s-V9RlYB23attr3oR0_5Q95rzgJXivy1-UmhIO3iSn4QWZceeJynjv1MB01tyJd35icywcmc5j5onQl5F3x0_rdZSZyhVduujy6gFk1yBnWidRFg38QU4Y2_ZwS68e66SjYXddORq9-xaw6fjO4qkb1n6i6zb00eX1mY2rq8UpqQ6v4t1n4n4h9M3
+@fortawesome:registry=https://npm.fontawesome.com/`,
+			expected: "ya29.c.b0Aaekm1IkdX0VHcPkEnYB8dmgL5IHi3jXTffM9hwjaNInirTSOv3hsCsJuCyswioQpO1UGkvVqReYpSW7V6sxmTv7fSPpZJeKzRQcKb6LLjApF7gFGyZMg9lUf7YBFixyGDZxaq0T-FnksK8O7KC4MSxalTe4dnl_jWXcs7FKi-FQOwsAuR1-zwRS63F1YG9fpCq2WykPhjwcbYPVlb3jpTOmIJhGpaWq7Sd5_uunWTHadgI3sCCazp_rT8xa8MS8YtyTJl716Taix4nmD-2Rertq9uS8P9AkFHMHaRvXl3W2PbNHxQtJ3fI3RRmBaVSe5WQlA1MofCol-lUN344KqfknpMfIjuXhB4h5fRB5zZ0Z2te_f0SVS1ZZ1Ox-sWVbh-2keFJ9Um0OS7O46rIOg_z7X-817qf_rIWmhQZgmk6ubI4hVR-7_lUl8lzi0ypo6Ve2wVZd6n9q8ws_RWt5k1Q_YkI0ukMe-U3a7s8F16w7r0OSFqVmhy0psYQ4-8jp79IhUbdm10l32tQhZ22UcIuBk8S4FX4c7nUIWk1Xd9xeu0JJ8Xrwd6nW24i1j-vbnMZxk0t1_5ZljUXVncxo5xjucr4WyYOmvuaS_iSaz89jUdYfxiOxWieiUVbuzZSXWvZFFZrkQFggeq3Vq2hmj6Zls_W8Bm9o8-8020S6692rB5pf8h6b-RI4zig928xufkWtVfMXU3fth24eVWqYIIy_qQh6UcJ1_VZF8uvMYoowUu3aQShisof8eoi8qQixO4YIJ2VSSctnFvthQUJ_0p5Vt9YQSyx_XqS8_1VeaMpnwWMkXXSVZrflo9Ieb_s-V9RlYB23attr3oR0_5Q95rzgJXivy1-UmhIO3iSn4QWZceeJynjv1MB01tyJd35icywcmc5j5onQl5F3x0_rdZSZyhVduujy6gFk1yBnWidRFg38QU4Y2_ZwS68e66SjYXddORq9-xaw6fjO4qkb1n6i6zb00eX1mY2rq8UpqQ6v4t1n4n4h9M3",
+		},
+		".npmrc/_authToken/scoped/gemfury": {
+			input: `# always-auth=true
+# registry=https://npm.fury.io/company/
+# //npm.fury.io/company/:_authToken=Du4CPz7SsRom1Mz8hbSR`,
+			expected: "Du4CPz7SsRom1Mz8hbSR",
+		},
+		".npmrc/_authToken/scoped/ip": {
+			input:    `//104.16.27.34:8080/:_authToken="VVEvgoi7lSkBaCd4s0Gb0A=="`,
+			expected: "VVEvgoi7lSkBaCd4s0Gb0A==",
+		},
+		".npmrc/_authToken/scoped/ip(2)": {
+			input: `@eventdex:registry=http://4.89.41.88:4873/
+//4.89.41.88:4873/:_authToken="DgcjMOa2QyMunSLr9YDzUA=="`,
+			expected: "DgcjMOa2QyMunSLr9YDzUA==",
+		},
+		".npmrc/_authToken/scoped/other(1)": {
+			input: `//npm.company.com/:_authToken="VVEvgoi7lSkBaCd4s0Gb0A=="
+always_auth=true
+registry=https://npm.company.com/
+user=jdoe`,
+			expected: "VVEvgoi7lSkBaCd4s0Gb0A==",
+		},
+		".npmrc/_authToken/scoped/other(2)": {
+			input: `loglevel=silent
+registry=https://npm.company.de:4873/
+@babel:registry=https://registry.npmjs.org
+//npm.company.de:4873/:_authToken="zZcZwiAWuyyspOAGrzAlE/LBH55oyfzsIOQvPsQ/5n0="`,
+			expected: "zZcZwiAWuyyspOAGrzAlE/LBH55oyfzsIOQvPsQ/5n0=",
+		},
+		".npmrc/_authToken/scoped/other(3)": {
+			input: `strict-ssl=true
+//r.privjs.com/:_authToken=JWT_eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJ1c2VyVVVJRCI6ImI1NjM1NDdmLTQ5NTQtNGVkOS04ZDI4LTkzZjFlYjE2YjgwYyIsInVzZXJuYW1lIjoiZGFya28iLCJpYXQiOjE2NzAzMzQwMTV9.itmCA6WviKLcGwahuV-K2cvDtDkM_j7o_NjZrdzWu0M
+@module-federation:registry=https://r.privjs.com`,
+			expected: "JWT_eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJ1c2VyVVVJRCI6ImI1NjM1NDdmLTQ5NTQtNGVkOS04ZDI4LTkzZjFlYjE2YjgwYyIsInVzZXJuYW1lIjoiZGFya28iLCJpYXQiOjE2NzAzMzQwMTV9.itmCA6WviKLcGwahuV-K2cvDtDkM_j7o_NjZrdzWu0M",
+		},
+		".npmrc/_authToken/scoped/other(4)": {
+			input: `registry=http://registry-tls01.company-group.fr:4873/
+strict-ssl=false
+always-auth=true
+email=mimi@mail.fr
+//registry-tls01.company-group.fr:4873/:_authToken="re/bd4eJ9u2x4bL3Nboteg=="`,
+			expected: "re/bd4eJ9u2x4bL3Nboteg==",
+		},
+		".npmrc/_authToken/scoped/other(5)": {
+			input: `registry = "http://cpny-npm:4873/"
+//cpny-npm:4873/:_authToken="csNoanwPNA0SGF/V/Q+CRJWzHc/lRymCeBWSRGDZ+kY="`,
+			expected: "csNoanwPNA0SGF/V/Q+CRJWzHc/lRymCeBWSRGDZ+kY=",
+		},
+		".npmrc/_authToken/scoped/other(6)": {
+			input:    `//registry.npmjs.org/:_authToken=k959+pC+k3Mzfx+skChHuseaS8Z4McpY5iJ6n9SywyuQL4/Gr9IQPqDtl3MhQuNX`,
+			expected: "k959+pC+k3Mzfx+skChHuseaS8Z4McpY5iJ6n9SywyuQL4/Gr9IQPqDtl3MhQuNX",
+		},
+		// Generic variable
+		"NPM_TOKEN/buildkite": {
+			input: `steps:
+  - label: 'Install'
+    command: NODE_ENV=development yarn install --frozen-lockfile
+    plugins:
+      - ssh://git@github.com/foo/bar-plugin#v0.0.18:
+        secrets:
+          NPM_TOKEN: "x3jAqghGq90/oN3mM3rWxQ8KaD4nw9g6bw/dL4dfTOJSL8pijHrBFPK6p7bUwLGkVotezEn8dfTPe-Qa1cP"`,
+			expected: "x3jAqghGq90/oN3mM3rWxQ8KaD4nw9g6bw/dL4dfTOJSL8pijHrBFPK6p7bUwLGkVotezEn8dfTPe-Qa1cP",
+		},
+		"NPM_TOKEN/cloudbuild": {
+			input: `secrets:
+- kmsKeyName: projects/myproject/locations/global/keyRings/cloud-build/cryptoKeys/cloud-build
+  secretEnv:
+    NPM_TOKEN: CiQAwtE8WoPa1sNqAQJZ1WMODuJooVmO6zihz2hAZOfUmDsgogUSTQCq8yp8qgltY+8jWpAR9GuS1JaVhd+fTVRilqLtdi2yXSdiDPTzLhZ+30bMlAOcoc0PxhCBn3JOpn8H1xshX+mG8yK7xog2Uq+CLVx/
+
+timeout: 60s`,
+			expected: "CiQAwtE8WoPa1sNqAQJZ1WMODuJooVmO6zihz2hAZOfUmDsgogUSTQCq8yp8qgltY+8jWpAR9GuS1JaVhd+fTVRilqLtdi2yXSdiDPTzLhZ+30bMlAOcoc0PxhCBn3JOpn8H1xshX+mG8yK7xog2Uq+CLVx/",
+		},
+		"NPM_TOKEN/github_actions": {
+			input: `        run: |
+          utils/prepare_puppeteer_core.js
+          npm config set '//wombat-dressing-room.appspot.com/:_authToken' 'abc123tokentest'
+          npm publish`,
+			expected: "abc123tokentest",
+		},
+
+		// Invalid
+		// TODO: re-enable this.
+		// "invalid/_authToken/top_level": {
+		//	input: `_authToken = ${NPM_TOKEN}
+		// registry = https://npm.company.com/`,
+		//		},
+		"invalid/_authToken/v1_pattern": {
+			input: `echo //nexus.company.com/repository/npm-registry/:_authToken=NpmToken.fe093789-9551-3238-a766-9d2b694f2600 >> .npmrc`,
+		},
+		"invalid/_authToken/v2_pattern": {
+			input: `  //registry.npmjs.org/:_authToken=npm_ArCHsOJAC3gMXmzaVwUts00QfWWUrW4UuewA`,
+		},
+		"invalid/npm": {
+			input: `"name": "npm-token-substitute",`,
+		},
+		"invalid/yarn_lock": {
+			input: `convert-source-map@~1.1.0:
+  version "1.1.3"
+  resolved "http://registry.npmjs.org/convert-source-map/-/convert-source-map-1.1.3.tgz#4829c877e9fe49b3161f3bf3673888e204699860"
+
+css-selector-tokenizer@^0.7.0:
+  version "0.7.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/css-selector-tokenizer/-/css-selector-tokenizer-0.7.1.tgz#a177271a8bca5019172f4f891fc6eed9cbf68d5d"`,
+		},
+		"invalid/npm/registry-auth-token": {
+			input: `"registry-auth-token": {
+      "version": "3.4.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/registry-auth-token/-/registry-auth-token-3.4.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-4LM6Fw8eBQdwMYcES4yTnn2TqIasbXuwDx3um+QRs7S55aMKCBKBxvPXl2RiUjHwuJLTyYfxSpmfSAjQpcuP+A==",
+      "requires": {
+        "rc": "^1.1.6",
+        "safe-buffer": "^5.0.1"
+      }
+    },`,
+		},
+		"invalid/npm-shrinkwrap.json": {
+			input: `"esprima-harmony-jscs": {
+              "version": "1.1.0-regex-token-fix",
+              "from": "https://registry.npmjs.org/esprima-harmony-jscs/-/esprima-harmony-jscs-1.1.0-regex-token-fix.tgz",
+              "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/esprima-harmony-jscs/-/esprima-harmony-jscs-1.1.0-regex-token-fix.tgz"`,
+		},
+		// https://github.com/pnpm/pnpm/commit/5ab3a9e#diff-b02f9e32edb01aed8f7e33f169666aba1c8c06d16acb9cf1cf24176855df7d5bR1086
+		"invalid/npm-shrinkwrap.yml": {
+			input: `registry.npmjs.org/package-json/2.4.0:
+    dependencies:
+      got: registry.npmjs.org/got/5.7.1
+      registry-auth-token: registry.npmjs.org/registry-auth-token/3.1.0
+      registry-url: registry.npmjs.org/registry-url/3.1.0`,
+		},
+		// https://github.com/UrbanCompass/pnpm/commit/bc34aba#diff-8668a637b544f80ebbb2ca3331adc637eef630ec5d2ed31f2f3db86136171128R31
+		"invalid/_authToken/pnpm_placeholder": {
+			input: `  'let rawNpmConfig = {
+//localhost:4873/:_authToken': data.token,
+    'registry': 'http://localhost:4873/',`,
+		},
+	}
+
+	d := Scanner{}
+	ahoCorasickCore := ahocorasick.NewAhoCorasickCore([]detectors.Detector{d})
+	for name, test := range cases {
+		t.Run(name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			matchedDetectors := ahoCorasickCore.FindDetectorMatches([]byte(test.input))
+			if len(matchedDetectors) == 0 {
+				t.Errorf("keywords '%v' not matched by: %s", d.Keywords(), test.input)
+				return
+			}
+
+			results, err := d.FromData(context.Background(), false, []byte(test.input))
+			if err != nil {
+				t.Errorf("error = %v", err)
+				return
+			}
+
+			if len(results) == 0 {
+				if test.expected != "" {
+					t.Error("did not receive result")
+				}
+				return
+			}
+
+			actual := string(results[0].Raw)
+			if test.expected != actual {
+				t.Errorf("expected '%s' != actual '%s'", test.expected, actual)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
diff --git a/pkg/detectors/npm/token/new/new.go b/pkg/detectors/npm/token/new/new.go
index 3645432109850..c245474b61182 100644
--- a/pkg/detectors/npm/token/new/new.go
+++ b/pkg/detectors/npm/token/new/new.go
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ func (s Scanner) Keywords() []string {
 	return []string{"npm_"}
 }
 
-var tokenPat = regexp.MustCompile(`\b(npm_[a-zA-Z0-9]{36})\b`)
+var TokenPat = regexp.MustCompile(`\b(npm_[a-zA-Z0-9]{36})\b`)
 
 func (s Scanner) FromData(ctx context.Context, verify bool, data []byte) (results []detectors.Result, err error) {
 	dataStr := string(data)
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ func (s Scanner) FromData(ctx context.Context, verify bool, data []byte) (result
 
 	// Deduplicate results for more efficient handling.
 	tokens := make(map[string]struct{})
-	for _, match := range tokenPat.FindAllStringSubmatch(dataStr, -1) {
+	for _, match := range TokenPat.FindAllStringSubmatch(dataStr, -1) {
 		m := match[1]
 		if detectors.StringShannonEntropy(m) < 4 {
 			continue
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ func (s Scanner) FromData(ctx context.Context, verify bool, data []byte) (result
 		}
 
 		if verify {
-			verified, extraData, vErr := s.VerifyToken(logCtx, dataStr, t)
+			verified, extraData, vErr := s.VerifyToken(logCtx, dataStr, t, true)
 			r.Verified = verified
 			r.ExtraData = extraData
 			if vErr != nil {
diff --git a/pkg/detectors/npm/token/uuid/uuid.go b/pkg/detectors/npm/token/uuid/uuid.go
index ffed3371df238..e260199845432 100644
--- a/pkg/detectors/npm/token/uuid/uuid.go
+++ b/pkg/detectors/npm/token/uuid/uuid.go
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ func (s Scanner) Keywords() []string {
 	return []string{"npm", "NpmToken.", "_authToken"}
 }
 
-var tokenPat = regexp.MustCompile(`(?:NpmToken\.|` + detectors.PrefixRegex([]string{"npm"}) + `)\b(?i)([a-f0-9]{8}-[a-f0-9]{4}-[a-f0-9]{4}-[a-f0-9]{4}-[a-f0-9]{12})\b`)
+var TokenPat = regexp.MustCompile(`(?:NpmToken\.|` + detectors.PrefixRegex([]string{"npm"}) + `)\b(?i)([a-f0-9]{8}-[a-f0-9]{4}-[a-f0-9]{4}-[a-f0-9]{4}-[a-f0-9]{12})\b`)
 
 func (s Scanner) FromData(ctx context.Context, verify bool, data []byte) (results []detectors.Result, err error) {
 	dataStr := string(data)
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ func (s Scanner) FromData(ctx context.Context, verify bool, data []byte) (result
 
 	// Deduplicate results for more efficient handling.
 	tokens := make(map[string]struct{})
-	for _, match := range tokenPat.FindAllStringSubmatch(dataStr, -1) {
+	for _, match := range TokenPat.FindAllStringSubmatch(dataStr, -1) {
 		m := match[1]
 		if detectors.StringShannonEntropy(m) < 3 {
 			continue
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ func (s Scanner) FromData(ctx context.Context, verify bool, data []byte) (result
 		}
 
 		if verify {
-			verified, extraData, vErr := s.VerifyToken(logCtx, dataStr, t)
+			verified, extraData, vErr := s.VerifyToken(logCtx, dataStr, t, true)
 			r.Verified = verified
 			r.ExtraData = extraData
 			if vErr != nil {
diff --git a/pkg/detectors/npm/version.go b/pkg/detectors/npm/version.go
index a843c126b38ef..b997d2a4b7919 100644
--- a/pkg/detectors/npm/version.go
+++ b/pkg/detectors/npm/version.go
@@ -21,8 +21,15 @@ const (
 	 * Example: `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`
 	 */
 	TokenNew
+	/*
+	 * TokenGeneric: tokens used by third-party registry implementations (e.g., Artifactory, GitHub Artifacts).
+	 *
+	 * Examples:
+	 * ```
+	 * ```
+	 */
+	TokenGeneric
 	// TODO: these are placeholders for future development.
-	// TokenGeneric
 	// https://yarnpkg.com/configuration/yarnrc#npmRegistries
 	// TokenYarn
 	// https://forum.unity.com/threads/npm-registry-authentication.836308/
diff --git a/pkg/engine/defaults/defaults.go b/pkg/engine/defaults/defaults.go
index bd00753bb9d3f..9088b3c6efac7 100644
--- a/pkg/engine/defaults/defaults.go
+++ b/pkg/engine/defaults/defaults.go
@@ -476,6 +476,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/trufflesecurity/trufflehog/v3/pkg/detectors/noticeable"
 	"github.com/trufflesecurity/trufflehog/v3/pkg/detectors/notion"
 	"github.com/trufflesecurity/trufflehog/v3/pkg/detectors/nozbeteams"
+	npm_token_generic "github.com/trufflesecurity/trufflehog/v3/pkg/detectors/npm/token/generic"
 	npm_token_new "github.com/trufflesecurity/trufflehog/v3/pkg/detectors/npm/token/new"
 	npm_token_uuid "github.com/trufflesecurity/trufflehog/v3/pkg/detectors/npm/token/uuid"
 	"github.com/trufflesecurity/trufflehog/v3/pkg/detectors/nugetapikey"
@@ -1317,6 +1318,7 @@ func buildDetectorList() []detectors.Detector {
 		&noticeable.Scanner{},
 		&notion.Scanner{},
 		&nozbeteams.Scanner{},
+		&npm_token_generic.Scanner{},
 		&npm_token_new.Scanner{},
 		&npm_token_uuid.Scanner{},
 		&nugetapikey.Scanner{},