The security team behind the "npm" repository for JavaScript libraries removed two npm packages this Monday for containing malicious code that installed a remote access trojan (RAT) on the computers ...

New granular access tokens allow NPM package maintainers to restrict which packages, scopes, and organizations a token has access to. Looking to improve the safety and security of NPM JavaScript ...

New malicious NPM packages have been discovered that install the njRAT remote access trojan that allows hackers to gain control over a computer. NPM is a JavaScript package manager that allows ...

The lurking code-bombs lift Discord tokens from users of any applications that pulled the packages into their code bases. A series of malicious packages in the Node.js package manager (npm) code ...

Bad actors using typo-squatting place 39 malicious packages in npm that went undetected for two weeks. How should the open source community respond? Software development relies heavily on trust, ...

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.

Microsoft said its Visual Studio Code 1.7 release overloaded the npmjs.org JavaScript package management service for Node.js, forcing a rollback to version 1.6.1. (Update: After this article was ...

A very popular NPM package called 'pac-resolver' for the JavaScript programming language has been fixed to address a remote code execution flaw that could affect a lot of Node.js applications. The ...