Microsoft

Mitigating the Axios npm supply chain compromise

On March 31, 2026, the popular HTTP client Axios experienced a supply chain attack, causing two newly published npm packages ...

Hackers slipped a trojan into the code library behind most of the internet. Your team is probably affected

Attackers stole a long-lived npm token from the lead axios maintainer and published two poisoned versions that drop a ...

Hackers compromise Axios npm package to drop cross-platform malware

Hackers hijacked the npm account of the Axios package, a JavaScript HTTP client with 100M+ weekly downloads, to deliver ...

Hackers compromise popular Axios Javascript library with hidden malware

The widely used Axios HTTP client library, a JavaScript component used by developers, was recently hacked to distribute ...
IEEE

Exploit Linux VIM Configuration Backdoor and Mitigation : Strategies to run scripts via a VIM backdoor and mitigation techniques

Abstract: The Vim text editor, due to its significant scripting capabilities (Vimscript) and legitimate features like modeline and autocmd, presents a unique attack surface often overlooked by ...
Bleeping Computer

Wikipedia hit by self-propagating JavaScript worm that vandalized pages

Update: Added Wikimedia Foundation's statement below and made a correction to denote it was only the Meta-Wiki that was vandalized. The Wikimedia Foundation suffered a security incident today after a ...