Microsoft

Developer-targeting campaign using malicious Next.js repositories

A developer-targeting campaign leveraged malicious Next.js repositories to trigger a covert RCE-to-C2 chain through standard ...
ZDNet

Hackers are disguising their malicious JavaScript code with a hard-to-beat trick

Over 25% of malicious JavaScript code is obfuscated by so-called 'packers', a software packaging method that has given attackers a way of evading signature-based detection, according to security and ...
ZDNet

JavaScript programming language developers: This is Kite's new free AI code-completion tool

Startup Kite has expanded its AI-powered code-completion product beyond Python to JavaScript, the most widely used programming language. It's also launched a new paid-for version of Kite for Python ...

Fake 'interview' repos lure Next.js devs into running secret-stealing malware

Come for the coding test, stay for the C2 traffic Next.js developers are once again in the crosshairs as hackers seed ...
Search Engine Land

Using JavaScript to publish content? Here are 6 ways to view rendered HTML via desktop and mobile

Always test your pages using Google’s own tools and third-party resources to view the rendered HTML to make sure all your content is showing up. Google has come a long way with rendering JavaScript.
Bleeping Computer

Phishing attack hides JavaScript using invisible Unicode trick

A new JavaScript obfuscation method utilizing invisible Unicode characters to represent binary values is being actively abused in phishing attacks targeting affiliates of an American political action ...
InfoWorld

Code in JavaScript the smart, modular way

Some people still seem surprised that JavaScript is regarded as a respectable, grown-up programming language for serious applications. In fact, JavaScript development has been maturing nicely for ...