Inside these files—mainly the manifest (package.json) and index.js, there is nothing phenomenally interesting, just skeleton code. The manifest does pull in a bunch of development dependencies ...

A bug in npm (Node Package Manager), the most widely used JavaScript package manager, will change ownership of crucial Linux system folders, such as /etc, /usr, /boot. Changing ownership of these ...

The popular npm package "is" was infected with cross-platform malware, around the same time that linting utility packages used with the prettier code formatter were infected with Windows-only malware.

Malware Injected Into Code Packages That Get 2 Billion+ Downloads Each Week Your email has been sent An attack targeting the Node.js ecosystem was just identified ...

The NPM JavaScript registry has experienced a jump in malware, including packages related to data theft, crypto mining, botnets, and remote code execution, according to security company WhiteSource.

The team behind npm, the biggest package manager for JavaScript libraries, has issued a security alert yesterday, advising all users to update to the latest version (6.13.4) to prevent "binary ...