"People downloading open source packages should take extra care in making sure the item they’re downloading is legitimate and not malware masquerading as something legitimate." Click to expand ...

An apparent "Dune" aficionado is responsible for perpetrating the first self-propagating attack on the npm JavaScript repository in what a security company has described as being one of the most ...

A routine scan of the NPM open source code repository in April turned up several packages using a JavaScript obfuscator to hide their true function. After further investigation, analysts with ...