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Oct 8, 2025 39 min

Inside the Latest npm Attack (with Feross Aboukhadijeh)

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The npm ecosystem just faced another major supply-chain attack—and it’s a wake-up call for every team building on open source. In this episode, we’re joined by Feross Aboukhadijeh, Founder & CEO of Socket, to unpack what happened, how these attacks work, and what developers and enterprises can do to defend against them. We’ll cover: ✅ How attackers infiltrate npm packages ✅ The ripple effects across the Node.js ecosystem ✅ Why traditional security tools often miss the real threats ✅ Practical steps to secure your dependencies ✅ How open source maintainers and enterprises can collaborate on better defences If your applications depend on npm (and they almost certainly do), this is a conversation you can’t afford to miss.

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