Two NPM Packages With 22 Million Weekly Downloads Found Backdoored

In what’s yet another instance of supply chain attack targeting open-source software repositories, two popular NPM packages with cumulative weekly downloads of nearly 22 million were found to be compromised with malicious code by gaining unauthorized access to the respective developer’s accounts. The two libraries in question are “coa,” a parser for command-line options, and…

Which is the Better Investment?

I found an interesting discussion/argument on Twitter that was sparked when someone mentioned that “Marketing is dead.” Plus there is no shortage of people proclaiming online (every year, it seems) that “SEO is dead.” I know that content marketing isn’t exactly traditional marketing, but it is marketing nonetheless. I’m not here to argue whether they…

Ukraine Identifies Russian FSB Officers Hacking As Gamaredon Group

Ukraine’s premier law enforcement and counterintelligence agency on Thursday disclosed the real identities of five individuals allegedly involved in digital intrusions attributed to a cyber-espionage group named Gamaredon, linking the members to Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB). Calling the hacker group “an FSB special project, which specifically targeted Ukraine,” the Security Service of Ukraine (SSU)…

Which is the Better Investment?

I found an interesting discussion/argument on Twitter that was sparked when someone mentioned that “Marketing is dead.” Plus there is no shortage of people proclaiming online (every year, it seems) that “SEO is dead.” I know that content marketing isn’t exactly traditional marketing, but it is marketing nonetheless. I’m not here to argue whether they…