
⚡Securing Software Supply Chains at @SocketSecurity (https://xitter.cf/t.co/rjmrp0fCL0) 🔭 Scientific computing for the web via @stdlibjs (https://xitter.cf/t.co/nJc4oxoUlD)
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Philipp Burckhardt retweeted
🚨 A new GhostAction wave has hit hundreds of GitHub repos, including Uber’s athenadriver and Pyxel.
Attackers used compromised maintainer accounts to plant fake “security audit” workflows that steal GitHub Actions secrets.
Philipp Burckhardt retweeted
Maintaining critical software now comes with a security burden that has outgrown what any volunteer can reasonably carry.
That's why we're upgrading our open source program from the Team to the Business plan, full protection for maintainers at no cost.
socket.dev/blog/free-busines…
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🚨 Update: The jscrambler attacker published four more malicious releases: 8.16.0, 8.17.0, 8.18.0, and 8.20.0 with the same infostealer payload.
In 8.18.0 and 8.20.0, the dropper moved out of preinstall and into package code, bypassing npm install --ignore-scripts.
Jscrambler says an npm publishing credential was compromised. Upgrade to 8.22.0. We've updated our technical analysis.
🚨 BREAKING: Socket has identified a supply chain attack targeting the popular jscrambler npm package.
The compromised [email protected] release uses a malicious preinstall hook to execute hidden Windows, macOS, or Linux binaries during npm install.
Philipp Burckhardt retweeted
We are starting a research internship program at @SocketSecurity We are particularly interested in PhD students who want to apply their research ideas in the broad space of software supply chain security and simultaneously gain industry experience and real-world impact.⬇️
Philipp Burckhardt retweeted
Hey, you! Want to protect your dev machine from npm malware without changing your workflow?
Try a new tool that transparently isolates npm cli in a docker container. No need to remember to do anything!
Early access:
github.com/lavamoat/kipuka
RT for reach 😉 and help me improve
Philipp Burckhardt retweeted
We just bought a company.
Why? Because vulnerability scanning is fundamentally broken. And I’m tired of pretending it’s fine.
We acquired Coana, the best reachability analysis engine on the planet.
The whole vuln industry is addicted to quantity over quality. More alerts, more dashboards. It’s security theater. And it doesn’t scale.
Ask any developer what they do with 1,000 security alerts. They ignore them.
Coana flips the script. It asks the only question that actually matters: Is this vulnerability even reachable by your code?
If not, who cares? Move on.
If yes, fix it fast. 💥
I’ve been obsessed with this idea for years. Why drown developers in noise when we can tell them what actually matters?
When I first saw Coana, I knew: “We have to bring this into Socket. Nothing else even comes close.”
Coana doesn’t just work — it’s freakishly good.
✅ 80%+ fewer false positives
✅ Instant results with first-of-its-kind "precomputed reachability"
✅ Full source code access is optional
✅ Can even run offline on air-gapped networks
Yeah. It’s that good.
I’m thrilled to welcome @ndrssndrgrd, @torp_martin, @amoellercsaudk, Benjamin, and the entire Coana team to Socket!
These are world-class engineers. Real researchers. Together, we’re going to build security that actually scales — and actually helps you ship faster.
Legacy tools collapsed under modern dependency trees. We’re not here to patch the current system. We’re here to replace it.
This is how we move the industry forward. 🚀
Philipp Burckhardt retweeted
We’re detecting a massive #npm malware campaign leveraging #Ethereum smart contracts for decentralized, persistent malware control, evading traditional defenses. 100+ packages flooding into npm with identical blockchain-based C2 mechanisms. socket.dev/blog/massive-npm-… #NodeJS
Philipp Burckhardt retweeted
I wrote this open letter because I believe the "JavaScript" trademark has been abandoned by @Oracle as defined in US trademark law. "JavaScript" is a generic term for the world's most popular programming language - not an Oracle product. If you agree, please sign the letter to give weight to this cause.
Philipp Burckhardt retweeted
Exciting to see @UseExpressJS using @SocketSecurity. 💜 Any public open source project can get a free upgrade to our Team plan to help block zero-day supply chain attacks and analyze dependencies for risky or malicious behavior. socket.dev/blog/free-team-pl…
We have started adding @SocketSecurity PR reports to @UseExpressJS repos. Really great to have nice insights on our PRs!
Philipp Burckhardt retweeted
This year @stdlibjs has been fortunate to have an absolutely stellar group of #gsoc contributors. Recently, GSoC contributor Snehil Shah added support for syntax highlighting and theming in stdlib's REPL for interactive #javascript development. Blog post link below. 👇
Philipp Burckhardt retweeted
It's official. We've reached 50,000 commits. Thank you to everyone who has supported us along the way! 🙌
Here's to another 50,000 more! 🍻🚀
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🤩 You should follow the @SocketSecurity blog!
🔥 We have excellent, original journalism on these topics:
• JavaScript
• Open Source
• Security
And… we have an RSS feed!
socket.dev/blog
Philipp Burckhardt retweeted
🚀 This is universal React with the new "react-strict-dom" by @Meta (experimental):
◆ Light-weight, web-first API
◆ Truly native components on each platform
◆ No div-soup on web
◆ Fully accessible/indexable primitives
◆ Can be used with Tailwind CSS
Philipp Burckhardt retweeted
Do you audit your dependencies' code?
Come join us as we chat with @feross, founder of @SocketSecurity
Socket aims to catch all the malware in OSS and keep your code safe!
Philipp Burckhardt retweeted
Yay socket.dev/blog/dependency-d… our little tool to compare results of package managers is out after multiple delays! In particular it allows being able to see if it is safe / won't change versions of packages you install when swapping, but it does also include some CPU/MEM stuff.
Philipp Burckhardt retweeted
Excited this is happening in Berlin today: @wuoulf kicking off #PackagingCon at the EUREF Campus - @packagingcon
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All Americans should be horrified and outraged by the brazen terrorist attacks on Israel and the slaughter of innocent civilians. We grieve for those who died, pray for the safe return of those who’ve been held hostage, and stand squarely alongside our ally, Israel, as it dismantles Hamas. As we support Israel’s right to defend itself against terror, we must keep striving for a just and lasting peace for Israelis and Palestinians alike.
Philipp Burckhardt retweeted
I wrote an R package: tidyhte. Supported by @edwardhkennedy, it’s a complete DR learner implementation organized around tidy principles, making it easy to plug in sophisticated models. You can read more on the website: ddimmery.github.io/tidyhte/i…
Philipp Burckhardt retweeted
I'm extremely excited about this project with @jeffrey_heer. It brings together some key visualization techniques and tools to enable smooth interactive visualization experiences. Lots of cool details to talk about here.
Take it for a spin and let us know what you think!
New project! Mosaic is a framework for scalable and interoperable visualization that unifies visualization toolkits with scalable visualization methods and query optimizations.
uwdata.github.io/mosaic/what…
Philipp Burckhardt retweeted
AI agents have gotten a lot of hype recently, but so far, they're mainly just toys...
If you're interested in what more reliable AI agents will look like, I'll be giving a talk on this tom, Thursday June 15th at 11:10am PST @mlopscommunity
Register here home.mlops.community/home/ev…































