Tag: libraries

  • Slashdot: Over 3,200 Cursor Users Infected by Malicious Credential-Stealing npm Packages

    Source URL: https://developers.slashdot.org/story/25/05/11/2222257/over-3200-cursor-users-infected-by-malicious-credential-stealing-npm-packages?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Over 3,200 Cursor Users Infected by Malicious Credential-Stealing npm Packages Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text highlights a recent cybersecurity threat involving malicious npm (Node Package Manager) packages that target the AI-powered code-editing tool Cursor on macOS. The packages are designed to steal user credentials…

  • Slashdot: AI-Generated Code Creates Major Security Risk Through ‘Package Hallucinations’

    Source URL: https://developers.slashdot.org/story/25/04/29/1837239/ai-generated-code-creates-major-security-risk-through-package-hallucinations?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: AI-Generated Code Creates Major Security Risk Through ‘Package Hallucinations’ Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The study highlights a critical vulnerability in AI-generated code, where a significant percentage of generated packages reference non-existent libraries, posing substantial risks for supply-chain attacks. This phenomenon is more prevalent in open…

  • Cloud Blog: MCP Toolbox for Databases: Simplify AI Agent Access to Enterprise Data

    Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/ai-machine-learning/mcp-toolbox-for-databases-now-supports-model-context-protocol/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: MCP Toolbox for Databases: Simplify AI Agent Access to Enterprise Data Feedly Summary: At Google Cloud Next 25, we announced incredible ways for enterprises to build multi-agent ecosystems with Vertex AI and Google Cloud Databases – including better ways for agents to communicate with each other using Agent2Agent…

  • Schneier on Security: Slopsquatting

    Source URL: https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2025/04/slopsquatting.html Source: Schneier on Security Title: Slopsquatting Feedly Summary: As AI coding assistants invent nonexistent software libraries to download and use, enterprising attackers create and upload libraries with those names—laced with malware, of course. AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text highlights a critical security concern in the intersection of AI and…

  • Cloud Blog: Next 25 developer keynote: From prompt, to agent, to work, to fun

    Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/google-cloud-next/next25-developer-keynote-recap/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: Next 25 developer keynote: From prompt, to agent, to work, to fun Feedly Summary: Attending a tech conference like Google Cloud Next can feel like drinking from a firehose — all the news, all the sessions, and breakouts, all the learning and networking… But after a busy couple…