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 ...

A hacker has gained access to a developer's npm account and injected malicious code into a popular JavaScript library, code that was designed to steal the npm credentials of users who utilize the ...

An update to a tiny JavaScript library has thrown a large part of the JavaScript ecosystem into chaos on Saturday, with millions of projects believed to have been impacted. Making the entire situation ...

A significant security incident involving the widely used npm package “eslint-config-prettier” has been uncovered. The package, downloaded more than 3.5 billion times, was compromised on July 18 after ...

Are you a developer who uses npm as the package manager for your JavaScript or Node.js code? If so, do not -- I repeat do not -- upgrade to npm 5.7.0. Nothing good can come of it. As one user reported ...

Following several large-scale attack waves on the NPM ecosystem, its operators are now taking measures to prevent a recurrence. In August and September, unknown attackers not only took over several ...