GitHub has announced what it said are "breaking changes" coming to npm version 12, one of which turns off install scripts by default to combat software supply chain threats. The changes aim to combat ...

GitHub will change npm's defaults so the install command no longer runs scripts automatically, disabling a feature commonly exploited by malicious packages such as the notorious Shai-Hulud worm.

The change, expected in July, will likely block one of the more common attack vectors; developers are wondering what took GitHub so long, and why other repositories acted so much sooner. The ability ...

Threat actors are increasingly abusing HTTP cookies as a control channel for PHP-based webshells on Linux servers. Instead of exposing command execution through URL parameters or request bodies, these ...

# after this has been done, you can type ./setup.sh to run the script. yum update -y; yum install -y nano wget tar gcc gcc-c++ flex bison make bind bind-libs bind-utils openssl openssl-devel perl ...

It's officially time to let go. Windows 10 has been over as we know it for some time now, only for Windows 11 to have taken over. To finalize things even further, Microsoft ended support for the ...

Players need Minecraft Java edition and a mod like Optifine or Iris to run a shader pack. Download the shader pack from a trusted source and store the zip file in an accessible place. Launch Minecraft ...

Abstract: Software repositories such as PyPI and npm are vital for software development but expose users to serious security risks from malicious packages. The malicious packages often execute their ...

When we talk about music streaming, Spotify is usually the first thing that comes to our minds. It’s one of the best music streaming services out there and is supported on multiple platforms, ...

Vanilla Windows 11 is quite a storage-hungry operating system, but with this script, you can shrink it down to "just" 2.8GB. Since Microsoft is not willing to budge on Windows 11 hardware requirements ...