The JavaScript package management tool 'npm' is scheduled to implement a change in its 'npm v12' release, which is expected in July 2026. This change will prevent the script that is automatically ...

A series of malicious packages hidden within the Node Package Manager (npm), the largest software registry for JavaScript, has been uncovered. According to a new advisory published by FortiGuard on ...

Threat actors have likely made off with sensitive host and network information from developers’ systems in a coordinated malware campaign, involving 60 malicious npm packages, that were live for just ...

The change, expected in July, will likely block one of the more common attack vectors; developers are wondering what took GitHub so long, and why other repositories acted so much sooner. The ability ...

The security firm Socket warns of a campaign with malicious scripts in npm packages. The analysts have discovered 60 of these packages that contain an infostealer, which in turn spies on a machine ...

With npm v12, GitHub closes a central attack vector: installation scripts from dependencies will only run after explicit approval from July 2026.

Node.js developers, run NPM install at your own risk -- a self-replicating worm can easily spread through the ecosystem Never assume a file downloaded from the Internet is safe. That warning also ...