136 Hacker News submissions by month with at least  points since the start of

136 submissions with 1 points or greater

HN Points HN Title (Links to original post) Submitted Date
3 Malicious NPM Campaign Targets Ethereum Developers with Fake Hardhat Packages 2025-01-03
4 Gmail for Exfiltration: Malicious NPM Packages Target Solana Private Keys and 2025-01-08
3 Weaponizing OAST: Malicious Packages Exploit NPM, PyPI, and RubyGems 2025-01-04
2 Kill Switch Hidden in NPM Packages Typosquatting Chalk and Chokidar 2025-01-13
2 Pnpm 10.0.0 Blocks Lifecycle Scripts by Default 2025-01-10
2 Socket Now Supports Uv.lock Files 2025-01-09
2 New Python Packaging Proposal Aims to Solve Phantom Dependency Problem With 2025-01-07
2 The Cyber Security Council Podcast: Securing Modern Applications in A 2025-01-06
40 Curl Project and Go Security Teams Reject CVSS as Broken 2025-01-24
4 Bun 1.2 Released with 90% Node.js Compatibility and Built-In S3 Object Support 2025-01-22
17 Go Supply Chain Attack: Malicious Package Exploits Go Module Proxy Caching For 2025-02-04
7 North Korean Apt Lazarus Targets Developers with Malicious NPM Package 2025-01-30
4 Opengrep Emerges as Open Source Alternative Amid Semgrep Licensing Controversy 2025-01-28
3 Fluent Assertions Faces Backlash After Abandoning Open Source Licensing 2025-01-20
3 PyPI's New Archival Feature Closes a Major Security Gap 2025-01-30
3 Node.js EOL Versions CVE Dubbed the Worst CVE of the Year by Security Experts 2025-01-24
3 Malicious PyPI Package 'Pycord-Self' Targets Discord Developers with Token Theft 2025-01-16
2 Socket Joins TC54 to Help Shape the Future of SBOMs, CycloneDX, and PURL 2025-01-31
2 Outgoing Biden Administration Issues Sweeping Executive Order on AI-Driven 2025-01-22
2 UK Officials Consider Banning Ransomware Payments from Public Entities 2025-01-16
2 38% of CISOs Fear They're Not Moving Fast Enough on AI 2025-02-04
8 PyPI Now Supports iOS and Android Wheels for Mobile Python Development 2025-02-12
6 Linux Foundation Warns Open Source Developers: Compliance with Sanctions Is Not 2025-02-07
7 TC39 advances proposals for RegExp Escaping, Float16Array, Redeclarable vars 2025-02-20
6 React Team Updates CRA Migration Guidance After Community Pushback 2025-02-19
6 Deno 2.2 Improves Dependency Management and Expands Node.js Compatibility 2025-02-20
3 Malicious PyPI Package Exploits Deezer API for Coordinated Music Piracy 2025-02-26
3 Create React App Officially Deprecated Amid React 19 Compatibility Issues 2025-02-11
3 Maven Central Adds Sigstore Signature Validation 2025-02-06
1 Oracle Drags Its Feet in the JavaScript Trademark Dispute 2025-02-07
11 Typosquatted Go Packages Deliver Malware Loader Targeting Linux and macOS 2025-03-04
9 Free Software Foundation Goes to Bat for AGPL in Amicus Brief Criticizing 2025-03-06
4 New PyPI Malware 'Set-Utils' Exfiltrates Ethereum Private Keys Through 2025-03-05
4 Bybit Hack Puts Crypto Losses at $1.6B, Surpassing All of Last Year in Just Two 2025-03-04
3 Tick Tock, Your Credentials Are Gone: The Maven Package with a Monthly Theft 2025-03-14
3 The Pair Program Podcast: Feross Aboukhadijeh on Preserving Trust in Open Source 2025-03-10
3 OpenSSF Launches Open Source Project Security Baseline to Strengthen Software 2025-02-28
2 Socket and Seal Security Collaborate to Fix Critical NPM Overrides Bug 2025-03-12
2 Opengrep Launches Playground in Alpha: A Faster, More Stable Environment For 2025-03-07
2 Michigan TypeScript Founder Successfully Runs Doom Inside TypeScript's Type 2025-02-28
8 Python Adopts Standard Lock File Format for Reproducible Installs 2025-04-01
31 AI Hallucinations Are Fueling a New Class of Supply Chain Attacks 2025-04-12
6 Obfuscation 101: Unmasking the Tricks Behind Malicious Code 2025-03-28
5 CISA Extends Mitre Contract as Crisis Accelerates Alternative CVE Coordination 2025-04-16
7 .NET Support in Socket 2025-04-21
6 Repository Labels and Security Policies 2025-04-22
5 CISA Rebuffs Funding Concerns as CVE Foundation Draws Criticism 2025-04-24
10 Wget to Wipeout: Malicious Go Modules Fetch Destructive Payload 2025-05-01
5 Using Trusted Protocols Against You: Gmail as a C2 Mechanism 2025-04-30
5 NPM targeted by malware campaign mimicking familiar library names 2025-05-02
4 Go Support Is Now Generally Available 2025-04-17
4 Vlt Launches Real-Time Dependency Analysis Powered by Socket 2025-04-17
4 Oxlint Now in Beta with 500 Built-In Rules and 2X Faster JavaScript Linting 2025-03-18
3 A New Overview in Our Dashboard 2025-04-29
3 Module Reachability: Focus on the Vulnerabilities That Matter 2025-04-23
3 The Bad Seeds: Malicious NPM and PyPI Packages Pose as Developer Tools to Steal 2025-04-22
3 Malicious NPM Package Disguised as Advcash Integration Triggers Reverse Shell 2025-04-14
3 Malicious PyPI Package Targets WooCommerce Stores with Automated Carding Attacks 2025-04-03
3 OpenGrep Restores Fingerprinting in JSON and Sarif Outputs 2025-03-31
3 NVD Concedes Inability to Keep Pace with Surging CVE Disclosures in 2025 2025-03-28
3 GitHub Actions Supply Chain Attack Puts Projects at Risk 2025-03-17
2 Historical Analytics – Now in Beta 2025-04-24
2 Turtles, Clams, and Cyber Threat Actors: Shell Usage 2025-04-11
2 VulnCon 2025: NVD Scraps Industry Consortium Plan, Raising Questions About 2025-04-11
2 A New Design for GitHub PR Comments 2025-04-10
2 Safari 18.4 Ships 3 New JavaScript Features from the TC39 Pipeline 2025-04-04
2 The Socket Team at RSAC and BSidesSF 2025 2025-03-27
2 Node.js TSC Votes to Stop Distributing Corepack 2025-03-19
2 Black Basta's Dependency Confusion Ambitions and Ransomware in Open Source 2025-03-19
11 AI Slop Is Polluting Bug Bounty Platforms with Fake Vulnerability Reports 2025-05-07
3 Backdooring the IDE: Malicious NPM Packages Hijack Cursor Editor on macOS 2025-05-10
3 Malicious NPM Packages Use Telegram to Exfiltrate BullX Credentials 2025-05-08
14 Open Source Maintainers Demand Ability to Block Copilot-Generated Issues and PRs 2025-05-20
6 The Growing Risk of Malicious Browser Extensions 2025-06-13
27 Libxml2 Maintainer Ends Embargoed Vulnerability Reports, Citing Unsustainable 2025-06-18
6 Django Joins Curl in Pushing Back on AI Slop Security Reports 2025-06-30
4 Node.js Homepage Adds Paid Support Link, Prompting Contributor Pushback 2025-06-26
4 ECMAScript 2025 Finalized with Iterator Helpers, Set Methods, RegExp.escape, and 2025-06-29
4 Protestware in JavaScript UI Toolkits on NPM Target Russian Language Sites 2025-06-19
4 Node.js Moves Toward Stable TypeScript Support with Amaro 1.0 2025-06-11
4 Malicious Koishi Chatbot Plugin Exfiltrates Messages Triggered by 8-Character 2025-05-19
3 Malicious 'Checker' Packages on PyPI Probe TikTok and Instagram for Valid 2025-05-15
3 Malicious Python Package Typosquats Popular Passlib Library, Shuts Down Windows 2025-06-24
3 Pnpm 10.12 Introduces Global Virtual Store and Expanded Version Catalogs 2025-06-11
3 Malicious Ruby Gems Exfiltrate Telegram Tokens, Messages Following Vietnam Ban 2025-06-03
3 Malicious NPM Package Wipes Codebases with Remote Trigger 2025-05-30
3 Malicious NPM Packages 2025-05-26
2 North Korean Contagious Interview Campaign Drops 35 New Malicious NPM Packages 2025-06-25
2 2025 Blockchain and Cryptocurrency Threat Malware in the Open Source 2025-06-12
2 NIST Under Federal Audit for NVD Processing Backlog and Delays 2025-05-27
2 Node.js TSC Declines to Endorse Feature Bounty Program 2025-05-15
2 The Landscape of Malicious Open Source Packages: 2025 Mid‑Year Threat Report 2025-05-14
1 Python Tools Are Quickly Adopting the New pylock.toml Standard 2025-06-24
10 Contagious Interview Campaign Escalates with 67 Malicious NPM Packages and New 2025-07-14
7 Potemkin Understanding in LLMs: New Study Reveals Flaws in AI Benchmarks 2025-07-05
3 Crates.io Implements Trusted Publishing Support 2025-07-16
3 Socket at Black Hat and DEF Con 2025 in Las Vegas 2025-07-13
3 Browserslist-Rs Gets Major Refactor, Cutting Binary Size by over 1MB 2025-07-04
2 Tracking Protestware Spread: 28 NPM Packages Affected by Payload Targeting 2025-07-16
1 Open Source Maintainers Feeling the Weight of the EU's Cyber Resilience Act 2025-07-17
45 Prettier NPM Packages Compromised in Supply Chain Attack 2025-07-19
14 NPM 'Is' Package Hijacked in Expanding Supply Chain Attack 2025-07-22
8 Rust Support in Socket 2025-07-31
13 Researcher Exposes 0-Day Clickjacking Vulnerabilities in Major Password Managers 2025-08-19
8 New Website "Is It FOSS?" Tracks Transparency in Open Source Distribution 2025-08-16
1231 Shai-Hulud malware attack: Tinycolor and over 40 NPM packages compromised 2025-09-16
85 Active NPM supply chain attack: Tinycolor and 40 Packages Compromised 2025-09-15
27 DuckDB NPM Account Compromised in Continuing Supply Chain Attack 2025-09-09
5 Opengrep Adds Apex Support and New Rule Controls in Latest Updates 2025-08-12
5 Bun 1.2.19 Adds Isolated Installs for Better Monorepo Support 2025-07-22
4 NPM Author Qix Compromised via Phishing Email 2025-09-08
4 Surveillance Malware Hidden in NPM and PyPI Packages Targets Developers With 2025-07-23
4 Rust Support Now in Beta 2025-09-11
4 Nx Investigation Reveals GitHub Actions Workflow Exploit Led to NPM Token Theft 2025-09-03
4 Rspack Introduces Rslint, a TypeScript-First Linter Written in Go 2025-08-20
4 Oxlint Introduces Type-Aware Linting Preview 2025-08-18
4 Knip Hits 500 Releases with v5.62.0, Improving TypeScript Config Detection and 2025-07-18
3 Rv Is a New Rust-Powered Ruby Version Manager Inspired by Python's Uv 2025-09-05
3 Nx NPM Packages Compromised in Supply Chain Attack Weaponizing AI CLI Tools 2025-08-27
3 Astral Launches Pyx: A Python-Native Package Registry 2025-08-14
3 Identifying and Preventing Fraudulent Engineering Candidates: An Investigation 2025-09-17
3 Tier 1 Reachability: Precision CVE Triage for Enterprise Teams 2025-09-09
3 Wallet-Draining NPM Package Impersonates Nodemailer to Hijack Crypto 2025-08-29
3 Malicious Go Module Disguised as SSH Brute Forcer Exfiltrates Credentials Via 2025-08-21
3 Malicious Ruby Gems Used in Targeted Credential Theft Campaign 2025-08-08
3 TC39 Advances 11 Proposals for Math Precision, Binary APIs, and More 2025-08-06
3 NPM Phishing Email Targets Developers with Typosquatted Domain 2025-07-27
3 Toptal's GitHub Organization Hijacked: 10 Malicious Packages Published 2025-07-23
2 Malicious NPM Packages Impersonate Flashbots SDKs, Targeting Ethereum Wallet 2025-09-05
2 Static vs. Runtime Reachability: Insights from Latio's on the Record Podcast 2025-08-13
2 Precomputed Reachability Analysis in Socket 2025-07-30
2 Socket Now Protects the Chrome Extension Ecosystem 2025-07-30
2 Socket MCP for Claude Desktop 2025-07-29
1 Feross on Risky Business Weekly Podcast: NPM's Ongoing Supply Chain Attacks 2025-09-10
30 Gem.Coop – Community-Run Alternative to Rubygems.org, Led by Former Maintainers 2025-10-06
8 Socket Firewall: Free, Proactive Protection for Your Software Supply 2025-09-30