Tag: libraries
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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…
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The Register: From Russia with doubt: Go library’s Kremlin ties stoke fear
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/05/06/from_russia_with_doubt_go/ Source: The Register Title: From Russia with doubt: Go library’s Kremlin ties stoke fear Feedly Summary: Easyjson library’s presence in numerous open source projects alarms security biz Easyjson, a software library for serializing data in Golang applications, is maintained by developers affiliated with Russia’s VK Group.… AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary:…
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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…
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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…
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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…