North Korea-linked actor compromises axios NPM package

A shocking discovery by Google Threat Intelligence Group has exposed a vulnerability in the popular axios NPM package, which has over 100 million weekly downloads, and has raised urgent questions about the trustworthiness of software supply chains. A malicious dependency was secretly introduced into axios releases, putting countless…

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North Korea-linked actor compromises axios NPM package

North Korea-linked actor compromises axios NPM package, threatening software supply chains. Learn how this vulnerability was exploited and take action to secure your applications now.

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Neuer npm-Großangriff: Hunderte Pakete mit selbst-vermehrender Malware infiziert

Womöglich stecken hinter der Attacke dieselben Angreifer wie beim letzten Mal. Ihr Schadcode trägt den Namen eines prominenten Science-Fiction-Monsters in sich.

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Executing Concurrent NPM Scripts

All along, we’ve been able to run multiple NPM scripts in the same run command. Here’s the scenario: Imagine that we have a script that is called buildStaging and another called buildProduction. We could run both scripts out of the box with NPM by creating a new script, let’s call it build and setting the value to npm run buildStaging && npm run buildProduction. The problem with this is that buildProduction won’t start until buildStaging is complete.

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Always fun when npm’s publish authentication route 404s.

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Malicious npm package taken down after Microsoft warning - Criminals have been caught trying to sneak a malicious package on to the popular Node.js platform ... more: https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2020/01/15/malicious-npm-package-taken-down-after-microsoft-warning/ #microsoftvulnerabilityresearch #nodepackagemanager #maliciouspackage #securitythreats #vulnerability #microsoft #backdoor #unix #npm
Malicious npm package taken down after Microsoft warning

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