GitHub has announced what it said are "breaking changes" coming to npm version 12, one of which turns off install scripts by default to combat software supply chain threats. The changes aim to combat ...

GitHub will change npm's defaults so the install command no longer runs scripts automatically, disabling a feature commonly exploited by malicious packages such as the notorious Shai-Hulud worm.

In response to a recent wave of supply chain attacks targeting the NPM ecosystem, GitHub announced that scripts from dependencies will no longer be executed by default. To check how the upcoming ...

Installing a piece of code from NPM will no longer auto-run malware on the system, and won’t quietly pull malicious code from external repos unless the developer explicitly allows it. But this won’t ...

Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered two hijacked npm packages and a cluster of Go packages that are designed to deploy a Python-based information stealer on compromised Windows, Linux, and macOS ...

Lazarus Group concealed a four-module remote access toolkit inside six fake npm Rollup polyfill packages that fired at import ...

GitHub's npm package manager will ship its most significant security redesign in years this July, when npm v12 makes three long-automatic install behaviors require ...

GitHub has announced that npm v12, expected next month, will introduce several security-focused changes aimed at blocking supply-chain attacks abusing behaviors triggered by the 'npm install' command.

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

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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 ...