July 2026, blocking install scripts, Git dependencies, and remote URL sources by default. Every team running npm install in ...

In response to recent software supply chain attacks, NPM version 12 is blocking the automatic script execution at install.

npm 12 disables install scripts by default, requiring explicit approval to reduce dependency-based code execution risks.

GitHub will change npm's defaults so the install command no longer runs scripts automatically, disabling a feature commonly ...

Websites offering access to scripts with subtitle files that can be combined with movies and TV shows are now facing possible piracy blocks in Australia, with claims that 151 domains facilitate the ...

A researcher has discovered that DuckDuckGo’s privacy-centric browser enables third-party tracking scripts from Microsoft Corp. to load in some cases. The discovery was reported by Bleeping Computer ...

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An upcoming release of Firefox will give users the option to block two increasingly common and ugly aspects of today's web: browser fingerprinting and cryptomining scripts. Neither type of script is ...