Business Wire

npm, Inc. Improves JavaScript Security for Enterprise Developers

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 ...
TechCrunch

GitHub nabs JavaScript packaging vendor npm

GitHub, the developer repository owned by Microsoft, made a little deal of its own this morning when it bought JavaScript packaging vendor npm for an undisclosed amount. As GitHub CEO Nat Friedman ...
InfoWorld

NPM JavaScript registry mishaps: What to do

Concerned users can set up their own backup system if they don’t trust the steps NPM Inc. has taken to prevent problems The NPM registry of JavaScript packages has become a critical cog in the ...
Bleeping Computer

Somebody Tried to Hide a Backdoor in a Popular JavaScript npm Package

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 ...
Bleeping Computer

Botched npm Update Crashes Linux Systems, Forces Users to Reinstall

A bug in npm (Node Package Manager), the most widely used JavaScript package manager, will change ownership of crucial Linux system folders, such as /etc, /usr, /boot. Changing ownership of these ...

Node.js: Updated versions patch high-risk security vulnerabilities

Several security vulnerabilities, some classified as high-risk, have been discovered in the popular JavaScript runtime ...
ZDNet

Another one-line npm package breaks the JavaScript ecosystem

An update to a tiny JavaScript library has thrown a large part of the JavaScript ecosystem into chaos on Saturday, with millions of projects believed to have been impacted. Making the entire situation ...