The Shai-Hulud npm worm didn't fake its security check — it earned a legitimate one

A hijacked GitHub account let the Shai-Hulud worm pass npm's trust check, spreading through packages with 2 billion monthly ...
Microsoft

ChainDrop supply chain compromise: Anatomy of a self-propagating worm

A credential-stealing worm hidden in more than 400 compromised npm packages automatically spread across software ecosystems ...
The Next Web

Upwind first to report malicious Keyv release that threatened thousands of JavaScript projects

Upwind identified a malicious release of keyv@6.0.0 that harvested AWS, GitHub, and npm credentials via a hidden preinstall script. With 154 million weekly downloads, the compromise had ecosystem-wide ...

Massive ChainDrop npm supply-chain attack infects hundreds of packages

Self-propagating malware named 'ChainDrop' has compromised more than 1,300 packages with a combined 2 billion monthly ...