Shai Hulud malware turns developers into unwitting distributors in NPM supply chain attacks

Shai Hulud is a malware campaign first observed in September targeting the JavaScript ecosystem that focuses on supply chain ...
InfoWorld

NPM JavaScript registry mishaps: What to do

Concerned users can set up their own backup system if they don’t trust the steps NPM Inc. has taken to prevent problems The NPM registry of JavaScript packages has become a critical cog in the ...
TechCrunch

GitHub nabs JavaScript packaging vendor npm

GitHub, the developer repository owned by Microsoft, made a little deal of its own this morning when it bought JavaScript packaging vendor npm for an undisclosed amount. As GitHub CEO Nat Friedman ...
Bleeping Computer

52% of All JavaScript npm Packages Could Have Been Hacked via Weak Credentials

Tens of thousands of developers using weak credentials to secure their npm accounts inadvertently put more than half of the npm packages (JavaScript libraries and tools) at risk of getting hijacked ...
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 ...
Bleeping Computer

Somebody Tried to Hide a Backdoor in a Popular JavaScript npm Package

The Node Package Manager (npm) team avoided a disaster today when it discovered and blocked the distribution of a cleverly hidden backdoor mechanism inside a popular —albeit deprecated— JavaScript ...
Business Wire

npm, Inc. Launches npm Pro, New Tool for JavaScript Developers

OAKLAND, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--npm, Inc., the open source JavaScript developer tools provider and operator of the world’s largest software registry, today announced npm Pro, the first professional ...