Homeland Security Today

Supply Chain Compromise Impacts Axios Node Package Manager , CISA Alert Warns

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has released an alert to provide guidance in response to the ...
Bleeping Computer

Compromised JavaScript Package Caught Stealing npm Credentials

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 ...
Bitcoin Magazine

NPM Attack: Javascript Library Compromise Goes After Bitcoin Wallets

NPM developer qix's account compromise potentially puts user funds at risk by compromising library dependencies used by bitcoin wallets. A major NPM developer, qix, has had their account compromised.

Hackers slipped a trojan into the code library behind most of the internet. Your team is probably affected

Attackers stole a long-lived npm token from the lead axios maintainer and published two poisoned versions that drop a cross-platform RAT. Axios sits in 80% of cloud environments. Huntress confirmed ...
InfoWorld

NPM: Free public JavaScript registry will continue

Is the public NPM JavaScript package registry going away? NPM, the company behind the popular online repository of Node.js and JavaScript code, insists it will remain, despite a recent rumor to the ...
InfoWorld

Inside NPM: Building and sharing JavaScript packages

The Node Package Manager, NPM, has become a powerful and important tool, supporting many different JavaScript frameworks — including JQuery, AngularJS, and React JS. If you’re building JavaScript ...
ZDNet

Malicious npm package opens backdoors on programmers' computers

The npm security team has removed today a malicious JavaScript library from the npm website that contained malicious code for opening backdoors on programmers' computers. The JavaScript library was ...