JavaScript packages with billions of downloads were compromised by an unknown threat actor looking to steal cryptocurrency.

An attack targeting the Node.js ecosystem was just identified — but not before it compromised 18 npm packages that account ...

At least 18 popular JavaScript code packages that are collectively downloaded more than two billion times each week were ...

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 ...

Could malicious backdoors be hiding in your code, that otherwise appears perfectly clean to the human eye and text editors alike? A security researcher has shed light on how invisible characters can ...

Asynchronous code (async code) says: go do something while I do other things, then let me know what happened when the results are ready. Also known as concurrency, async is important in a variety of ...

A computer scientist used only “pure SQL” to construct a multiplayer DOOM-like game. The resulting first-person shooter game, ...

Visual Studio Code is a code editor that is completely free and open-source. It has been developed by Microsoft and is highly regarded by developers due to its lightweight, fast, and extensible design ...

In-app browsers on TikTok and other apps include code that could potentially track user activity on websites. (Photo Illustration by Thiago Prudêncio/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) When ...