Attackers increasingly are using malicious JavaScript packages to steal data, engage in cryptojacking and unleash botnets, offering a wide supply-chain attack surface for threat actors. More than ...

Hackers planted malicious code in open source software packages with more than 2 billion weekly updates in what is likely to be the world’s biggest supply-chain attack ever. “Sorry everyone, I should ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. A serious security breach has sent shockwaves through both everyday online services and the cryptocurrency world. At the center is ...

Security researchers have identified at least 187 npm packages compromised in an ongoing supply chain attack, with a malicious self-propagating payload to infect other packages. The coordinated ...

A new cyberattack has put millions of crypto users on alert after hackers slipped malicious code into NPM, the software registry that powers thousands of apps and websites, including many tied to ...

Ten typosquatted npm packages delivered infostealing malware to nearly 10,000 systems Malware targeted system keyrings, bypassing app-level security to steal decrypted credentials Affected users must ...

In a supply chain attack, attackers injected malware into NPM packages with over 2.6 billion weekly downloads after compromising a maintainer's account in a phishing attack. In the emails, the ...

This week, one programmer broke a whole mess of the software the internet runs on by deleting one simple program consisting of 11 lines of code. Everything is OK now. But it's a strange case that ...