Cybernews

Malicious NPM package racks up 50,000 infections in days, developers fully compromised

A malicious NPM package, ambar-src, mimicking a popular JavaScript framework, was downloaded nearly 50,000 times in a few ...
Bleeping Computer

Malware Found in Arch Linux AUR Package Repository

Malware has been discovered in at least three Arch Linux packages available on AUR (Arch User Repository), the official Arch Linux repository of user-submitted packages. The malicious code has been ...
Bleeping Computer

NPM packages posing as speed testers install crypto miners instead

A new set of 16 malicious NPM packages are pretending to be internet speed testers but are, in reality, coinminers that hijack the compromised computer's resources to mine cryptocurrency for the ...