Active Supply Chain Attack: npm Phishing Campaign Leads to Prettier Tooling Packages Compromise

A phishing attack targeted developers using a typosquatted npm domain (npnjs.com) to steal credentials via fake login pages - watch out for similar scams.

Knip hits 500 releases with v5.62.0, refining TypeScript config detection and updating plugins as monthly npm downloads approach 12M.

The EU Cyber Resilience Act is prompting compliance requests that open source maintainers may not be obligated or equipped to handle.

Crates.io adds Trusted Publishing support, enabling secure GitHub Actions-based crate releases without long-lived API tokens.

Undocumented protestware found in 28 npm packages disrupts UI for Russian-language users visiting Russian and Belarusian domains.

North Korean threat actors deploy 67 malicious npm packages using the newly discovered XORIndex malware loader.

Meet Socket at Black Hat & DEF CON 2025 for 1:1s, insider security talks at Allegiant Stadium, and a private dinner with top minds in software supply chain security.

CAI is a new open source AI framework that automates penetration testing tasks like scanning and exploitation up to 3,600× faster than humans.

Deno 2.4 brings back bundling, improves dependency updates and telemetry, and makes the runtime more practical for real-world JavaScript projects.

CVEForecast.org uses machine learning to project a record-breaking surge in vulnerability disclosures in 2025.

Browserslist-rs now uses static data to reduce binary size by over 1MB, improving memory use and performance for Rust-based frontend tools.

Eight new malicious Firefox extensions impersonate games, steal OAuth tokens, hijack sessions, and exploit browser permissions to spy on users.