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The indexed-btree npm package evades npm v12's install-script blocking by hiding its malware loader inside a runtime method instead, Checkmarx reports.
vlt, a JavaScript package manager built by npm's original developers, ships 1.0 with hosted registries that block malware and phased installs that stop scripts from running automatically.
AFP, FBI and WA Police charged a 21-year-old and a 23-year-old over the TeamPCP campaign that compromised 1,000+ organizations through open-source developer tools.
OX Security found 24 npm packages built solely to let mirrors like unpkg serve fake Cloudflare CAPTCHA pages that can redirect to ClickFix-style phishing.
TrendAI found 14 npm packages disguised as calendar utilities quietly installing RedShell, a Linux implant tied to the AI-assisted RedC2 4.0 command-and-control framework.
Bun 1.4, released August 20, is the first stable version built entirely on the runtime's contested Rust rewrite, delivering 30x faster package installs and 5x lower idle CPU usage.
Researchers found one threat actor ran typosquatting campaigns on RubyGems and npm days apart, sharing an identical Rust loader and Go infostealer.
Sonatype found six npm packages that decode malware C2 server IPs from Ethereum transaction bytes, using a technique tied to North Korea's Contagious Interview campaign.
GitHub detailed a technical-preview Actions network firewall and rounded up npm and Actions defaults changed since February, drawing sharp Hacker News debate over delay-based defenses versus package signing.
Sonatype is tracking sonatype-2026-005660, a campaign that has published 846 malicious npm packages across throwaway accounts, dropping cross-platform malware with DNS-based fallback delivery.
A self-propagating worm hijacked keyv and related npm packages on August 4 after a maintainer's GitHub account was breached, spreading to 1,300+ package versions.
npm v12 disables install scripts, Git dependencies, and remote-URL dependencies by default, closing the execution path several npm worms exploited over the past year.