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 ...

NPM developer qix's account compromise potentially puts user funds at risk by compromising library dependencies used by bitcoin wallets. A major NPM developer, qix, has had their account compromised.

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The npm security team has removed today a malicious JavaScript library from the npm website that contained malicious code for opening backdoors on programmers' computers. The JavaScript library was ...

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 ...

Microsoft is acquiring Node package manager npm Inc., officials announced on March 16. (Neither company is sharing the purchase price.) Microsoft plans to integrate GitHub with npm with the intent of ...

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.

OAKLAND, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--npm, Inc., the JavaScript developer tools provider and operator of the world’s largest software registry, today announced a significant upgrade to npm Enterprise, its ...