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A series of malicious packages hidden within the Node Package Manager (npm), the largest software registry for JavaScript, has been uncovered. According to a new advisory published by FortiGuard on ...

Node.js developers, run NPM install at your own risk -- a self-replicating worm can easily spread through the ecosystem Never assume a file downloaded from the Internet is safe. That warning also ...

With Deno 1.28, developers now can import more than 1.3 million NPM modules, as well as run NPM scripts and CLIs and execute NPM packages with subcommands. NPM compatibility in the Deno ...

A malicious npm package disguised as a legitimate AI tool to install the virally popular OpenClaw, but designed to steal system passwords and crypto wallets, has been identified by cybersecurity ...

While the AI itself wasn’t weaponized, the technique raises concerns about AI agents with broad system access.

After last week a popular JavaScript library started showing full-blown ads in the npm command-line interface, npm, Inc., the company that runs the npm tool and website, has taken a stance and plans ...