New NPM library hijacks (coa and rc)

On Thursday, November 4, 2021, barely more than a week after ua-parser-js was hijacked, another popular NPM library called coa Command-Option-Argument, which is used in React packages around the world, was hijacked to distribute credential-stealing malware. The developer community noticed somethi...

Malware Discovered in Popular NPM Package, ua-parser-js

Versions of a popular NPM package named ua-parser-js was found to contain malicious code. ua-parser-js is used in apps and websites to discover the type of device or browser a person is using from User-Agent data. A computer or device with the affected software installed or running could allow a...