An apparent "Dune" aficionado is responsible for perpetrating the first self-propagating attack on the npm JavaScript repository in what a security company has described as being one of the most ...

Red Hat hit by npm supply‑chain attack - here's how to stay safe ...

A hacker has gained access to a developer's npm account and injected malicious code into a popular JavaScript library, code that was designed to steal the npm credentials of users who utilize the ...

A large-scale, automated typosquatting attack saw 200+ malicious packages flood the npm code repository, targeting popular Azure scopes. Researchers have found hundreds of malicious packages in the ...

With npm v12, GitHub closes a central attack vector: installation scripts from dependencies will only run after explicit ...

Four packages containing highly obfuscated malicious Python and JavaScript code were discovered this week in the Node Package Manager (npm) repository. According to a report from Kaspersky, the ...

Malicious code continues to be uploaded to open source repositories, making it a challenge for responsible developers to trust what’s there, and for CISOs to trust applications that include open ...

July 2026, blocking install scripts, Git dependencies, and remote URL sources by default. Every team running npm install in ...