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Self-propagating malware named ‘ChainDrop’ has compromised more than 1,300 packages with a combined 2 billion monthly downloads on the Node Package Manager (npm) registry. Infected packages include very popular ones such as Keyv and Cacheable, flat-cache and file-entry-cache, all caching utilities from the same maintainer.  The supply-chain attack started after the threat actor compromised the GitHub account of Keyv’s maintainer, and quickly spread to packages associated with major organizations such as Deliveroo, Ornikar, OneReach, Picsart, Qlik, and ServiceTitan. Multiple application security companies spotted the attack and discovered that it deployed a Shai-Hulud-based worm named ChainDrop. A report from Aikido says “at least 868 packages (across 1381 versions)…

Bitcoin saw new August highs into Tuesday’s Wall Street open as markets bet on US-Iran tensions again easing.Key points:Bitcoin (BTC) edges higher as optimism over the Strait of Hormuz reopening pushes stocks to new all-time highs.Oil prices drop to their lowest levels since July 13 with oil traffic potentially returning on Wednesday.BTC acts between two daily moving averages as analysis sees “strong accumulation.”S&P 500 tops $70 trillion market cap to new highData from TradingView showed BTC/USD climbing to $64,176 on Bitstamp, marking maximum daily gains of around 1%.BTC/USD one-hour chart. Source: Cointelegraph/TradingViewOil prices reacted immediately after US Treasury Secretary Scott…

The NASA Ames Science Directorate recognizes the outstanding contributions of (pictured left to right) Danielle Lopez, Jennifer Claudio, and Duncan Mifsud. Their commitment to the NASA mission represents the entrepreneurial spirit, technical expertise, and collaborative disposition needed to explore this world and beyond. Danielle Lopez is the Deputy Project Manager for the Open Science Data Repository with Amentum in the Space Biosciences Division. She is recognized for her management efforts that have been critical to the success of Open Science at NASA including collaborations across directorates at Ames, across NASA centers, and with the public. Danielle has been a critical…

The Chinju no Mori Project has planted more than 680,000 trees along Japan’s coastline to mitigate the impact of tsunamis.The project took its inspiration from the “guardian forests” that often surround Shinto shrines.These forest groves helped protect several shrines from destruction during the massive earthquake and tsunami of 2011.Despite the project’s popularity, most towns continue to turn to concrete seawalls to guard against the next disaster.See All Key Ideas MINAMISOMA, Japan — Kazuo Monma stepped out onto the small stage and looked at the large crowd with a sense of relief. The weather report had called for rain all…

When the writer V.S. Naipaul traveled across India decades ago, he famously described the country as a land of a million mutinies, fracturing into myriad localized particularities, each subcaste and interest group with its own sectarian voice. Recent events in India, however, show how a splintered society can start to coalesce. The fierce, Generation Z-led revolt that spilled over last month was directed squarely at Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government. The movement, which initially christened itself the Cockroach Janta Party in a satirical response to a derogatory remark by India’s chief justice, picked up young people’s anger over leaked…

The EU’s top official on migration has criticised Spain’s plan to regularise undocumented migrants as “not a good signal” for Europe, after an emergency meeting intended to draw a line under divisions on the Ceuta crisis.Magnus Brunner, the European commissioner for migration, said that while the EU could not currently see a direct link between events in Ceuta and Spain’s regularisation plan, the policy was “definitely not a good signal for the rest of Europe”.It was a rare note of discord as the EU sought to move on from an acrimonious row, caused after tens of thousands of migrants arrived…

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky has shared a video on social media of a drone hunting down a man in southern Ukraine, saying it showed an instance of a Russian “safari” attack against civilians.The video shows the drone pursuing a street vendor on a city street in the Kherson region. The man moves away from the drone hovering above, before it chases him as he runs around a white van. Eventually, the drone swoops down on him and explodes on impact. The man escaped with multiple shrapnel wounds, concussion and trauma, a doctor said. Sometimes called “human safari”, the deployment of…

After racking up a series of high-profile wins this summer, the left looks ascendant in blue America.In open Democratic congressional primaries this year, candidates endorsed by progressive-left groups like Our Revolution, Justice Democrats and the Democratic Socialists of America have won nearly one-third of contests in places where Kamala Harris won at least two-thirds of the presidential vote in 2024.For all of those impressive victories, there’s still one big asterisk on the activist left’s success this primary season: Its wins have been largely confined to the most highly educated and heavily Democratic parts of urban America, the places where Ms.…

After racking up a series of high-profile wins this summer, the left looks ascendant in blue America.In open Democratic congressional primaries this year, candidates endorsed by progressive-left groups like Our Revolution, Justice Democrats and the Democratic Socialists of America have won nearly one-third of contests in places where Kamala Harris won at least two-thirds of the presidential vote in 2024.For all of those impressive victories, there’s still one big asterisk on the activist left’s success this primary season: Its wins have been largely confined to the most highly educated and heavily Democratic parts of urban America, the places where Ms.…

Kayla Solino/ZDNETFollow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google.Save $90: The Ninja Slushi 88 oz machine is on sale for $260 (that’s 26% off and $90 savings) at Amazon and Walmart. This is the best price we’ve seen the Ninja Slushi sell for since Prime Day in June, where it dropped to its lowest ever price of $200. Also: I installed these smart window shades in 10 minutes – now I want them all over my houseI’ve had the chance to test the Ninja Slushi for several months, and it’s been an impressive upgrade to my kitchen appliance repertoire. While it’s certainly…