Apr 16, 2024NewsroomSupply Chain / Software Security Security researchers have uncovered a "credible" takeover attempt targeting the OpenJS Foundation in a manner that evokes similarities to the recently uncovered incident aimed at the open-source XZ Utils project. "The OpenJS Foundation Cross Project Council received a suspicious series of emails with similar messages, … [Read more...] about OpenJS Foundation Targeted in Potential JavaScript Project Takeover Attempt
Javascript
New JavaScript Malware Targeted 50,000+ Users at Dozens of Banks Worldwide
A new piece of JavaScript malware has been observed attempting to steal users' online banking account credentials as part of a campaign that has targeted more than 40 financial institutions across the world. The activity cluster, which employs JavaScript web injections, is estimated to have led to at least 50,000 infected user sessions spanning North America, South America, … [Read more...] about New JavaScript Malware Targeted 50,000+ Users at Dozens of Banks Worldwide
Powerful JavaScript Dropper PindOS Distributes Bumblebee and IcedID Malware
Jun 23, 2023Ravie LakshmananMalware / Cyber Threat A new strain of JavaScript dropper has been observed delivering next-stage payloads like Bumblebee and IcedID. Cybersecurity firm Deep Instinct is tracking the malware as PindOS, which contains the name in its "User-Agent" string. Both Bumblebee and IcedID serve as loaders, acting as a vector for other malware on compromised … [Read more...] about Powerful JavaScript Dropper PindOS Distributes Bumblebee and IcedID Malware
Malware Strains Targeting Python and JavaScript Developers Through Official Repositories
Dec 13, 2022Ravie Lakshmanan An active malware campaign is targeting the Python Package Index (PyPI) and npm repositories for Python and JavaScript with typosquatted and fake modules that deploy a ransomware strain, marking the latest security issue to affect software supply chains. The typosquatted Python packages all impersonate the popular requests library: dequests, … [Read more...] about Malware Strains Targeting Python and JavaScript Developers Through Official Repositories
Easy JavaScript error investigation with Source Maps
Now, if you click on the error button to generate an error and check it out from the Kibana APM UI, you will see the minified error stack as per the previous screenshot.Let's load our source maps and see the magic! The source maps are generated under the directory $APP-PATH/carfront/build/static/js. Go in there, and you will see three source map files for the three JavaScript … [Read more...] about Easy JavaScript error investigation with Source Maps
Auto-Instrumenting Node.js JavaScript Apps with OpenTelemetry
In this tutorial, we will go through a working example of a Node.js application auto-instrumented with OpenTelemetry. In our example we’ll use Express, the popular Node.js web application framework.Our example application is based on two locally hosted services sending data to each other. We will instrument this application with OpenTelemetry’s Node.js client library to … [Read more...] about Auto-Instrumenting Node.js JavaScript Apps with OpenTelemetry
This New Stealthy JavaScript Loader Infecting Computers with Malware
Threat actors have been found using a previously undocumented JavaScript malware strain that functions as a loader to distribute an array of remote access Trojans (RATs) and information stealers. HP Threat Research dubbed the new, evasive loader "RATDispenser," with the malware responsible for deploying at least eight different malware families in 2021. Around 155 samples of … [Read more...] about This New Stealthy JavaScript Loader Infecting Computers with Malware
New JavaScript Exploit Can Now Carry Out DDR4 Rowhammer Attacks
Academics from Vrije University in Amsterdam and ETH Zurich have published a new research paper describing yet another variation of the Rowhammer attack. Dubbed SMASH (Synchronized MAny-Sided Hammering), the technique can be used to successfully trigger the attack from JavaScript on modern DDR4 RAM cards, notwithstanding extensive mitigations that have been put in place by … [Read more...] about New JavaScript Exploit Can Now Carry Out DDR4 Rowhammer Attacks
Firefox Blocks Inline and Eval JavaScript on Internal Pages to Prevent Injection Attacks
In an effort to mitigate a large class of potential cross-site scripting issues in Firefox, Mozilla has blocked execution of all inline scripts and potentially dangerous eval-like functions for built-in "about: pages" that are the gateway to sensitive preferences, settings, and statics of the browser.Firefox browser has 45 such internal locally-hosted about pages, some of which … [Read more...] about Firefox Blocks Inline and Eval JavaScript on Internal Pages to Prevent Injection Attacks
Essential JavaScript Coding Bundle for $29
Master the Language Behind Every Web Browser with 15 Courses on All Things JavaScript KEY FEATURES If you've even pondered the concept of front-end development as a future career, drop everything and learn JavaScript. This dynamic programming language is not only the engine behind all modern browsers from Firefox to Chrome, but is widely used to build front-end … [Read more...] about Essential JavaScript Coding Bundle for $29