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Hundreds of code libraries posted to NPM try to install malware on dev machines These are not the the developer tools you think they are.

The security team behind the "npm" repository for JavaScript libraries removed two npm packages this Monday for containing malicious code that installed a remote access trojan (RAT) on the ...