Weekly security news roundup from @wired
The creator reports on three major security news stories from the week: a self-replicating software worm named 'Shai-Hulud' compromising open-source packages, an investigation revealing US tech firms' involvement in building China's surveillance state, and the arrest of two members of the 'Scattered Spider' hacking group in the UK.
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What happened in security news this week. A self replicating supply chain attack worm has compromised hundreds of open source software packages on the code repository no packet management or NPM used by developers of JavaScript. Dubbed Shai Halloud after the Freeman name for the monstrous sandworms in the sci fi novel Dune, the malware is designed to infect a system that uses one of those software packages, then hunt for more MPM credentials on the system no that it can corrupt another software
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