Wiz describes a supply chain detection pipeline that analyzes new npm package versions at publication, so malicious releases can be flagged before a CVE or advisory exists. Wiz Research says notable supply chain attacks rose from about 10% of significant incidents in H2 2025 to 25% in H1 2026. The article cites two compromises: the Axios …
SafeDep research shows that Cursor's Import VS Code Configuration step copies only the publisher.extensionname of each installed extension and drops the version. Cursor then installs whatever version Open VSX (run by the Eclipse Foundation) calls latest, through its proxy marketplace.cursorapi.com. In SafeDep's test, three extensions pinn…
TrendAI™ (Trend Micro) published its H1 2026 APT Activity Roundup on July 29, 2026. It finds nation-state actors used AI in more stages of the intrusion lifecycle than in any prior half-year the company has tracked. China-aligned actors used generative AI to refine exploits and iteratively build malware through "vibe coding", and one AI a…
On August 12, 2026, an npm user (rootdaddy-msrc, author field r00tdaddy) published 21 packages that squatted the unscoped CLI binary names declared in the bin field of Google-affiliated scoped packages, such as ngsw-config (from @angular/service-worker) and bazelisk (from @bazel/bazelisk). Scoped publishing, registry allowlists and lockfi…