GitHub has announced that npm v12, expected next month, will introduce several security-focused changes aimed at blocking supply-chain attacks abusing behaviors triggered by the 'npm install' command.

A Mini Shai-Hulud worm spread through more than 400 npm packages, stealing npm, GitHub, cloud, and CI/CD credentials.

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 ...

GitHub's npm package manager will ship its most significant security redesign in years this July, when npm v12 makes three long-automatic install behaviors require ...