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

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    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…

  • The Register: Bug hunter tricked SSL.com into issuing cert for Alibaba Cloud domain in 5 steps

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/22/ssl_com_validation_flaw/ Source: The Register Title: Bug hunter tricked SSL.com into issuing cert for Alibaba Cloud domain in 5 steps Feedly Summary: 10 other certificates ‘were mis-issued and have now been revoked’ Certificate issuer SSL.com’s domain validation system had an unfortunate bug that was exploited by miscreants to obtain, without authorization, digital certs for…

  • Slashdot: AI Hallucinations Lead To a New Cyber Threat: Slopsquatting

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    Source URL: https://it.slashdot.org/story/25/04/22/0118200/ai-hallucinations-lead-to-a-new-cyber-threat-slopsquatting?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: AI Hallucinations Lead To a New Cyber Threat: Slopsquatting Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses a new cyber threat termed Slopsquatting, which involves the creation of fake package names by AI coding tools that can be exploited for malicious purposes. This threat underscores the…

  • Wired: An AI Customer Service Chatbot Made Up a Company Policy—and Created a Mess

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    Source URL: https://arstechnica.com/ai/2025/04/cursor-ai-support-bot-invents-fake-policy-and-triggers-user-uproar/ Source: Wired Title: An AI Customer Service Chatbot Made Up a Company Policy—and Created a Mess Feedly Summary: When an AI model for code-editing company Cursor hallucinated a new rule, users revolted. AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The incident involving Cursor’s AI model highlights critical concerns regarding AI reliability and user…

  • Rekt: KiloEx – Rekt

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    Source URL: https://www.rekt.news/kiloex-rekt Source: Rekt Title: KiloEx – Rekt Feedly Summary: Oracle manipulation 101 – check your damn validation. KiloEx lost almost $7.5 million when their MinimalForwarder contract accepted any forged signature without verification. The attack hit Base, BNB Chain, opBNB, Taiko, and Manta simultaneously. AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text highlights a…

  • Slashdot: OpenAI Debuts Codex CLI, an Open Source Coding Tool For Terminals

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    Source URL: https://developers.slashdot.org/story/25/04/16/1931240/openai-debuts-codex-cli-an-open-source-coding-tool-for-terminals?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: OpenAI Debuts Codex CLI, an Open Source Coding Tool For Terminals Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: OpenAI’s release of Codex CLI marks a significant development in local AI integration for coding tasks, allowing developers to leverage advanced AI capabilities directly from command-line interfaces. While it enhances…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: Quoting Andrew Nesbitt

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    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Apr/12/andrew-nesbitt/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Quoting Andrew Nesbitt Feedly Summary: Slopsquatting — when an LLM hallucinates a non-existent package name, and a bad actor registers it maliciously. The AI brother of typosquatting. Credit to @sethmlarson for the name — Andrew Nesbitt Tags: ai-ethics, slop, packaging, generative-ai, supply-chain, ai, llms, seth-michael-larson AI Summary…

  • Rekt: SIR Trading – Rekt

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    Source URL: https://www.rekt.news/sirtrading-rekt Source: Rekt Title: SIR Trading – Rekt Feedly Summary: An attacker exploited a transient storage collision to drain $355K from SIR Trading in a flawless mathematical heist. A single audit couldn’t prevent the hack, where a vanity address bypassed security checks and wiped out four years of development in one swift transaction.…

  • Hacker News: Vibe Coding – The Ultimate Guide with Resources

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    Source URL: https://natural20.com/vibe-coding/ Source: Hacker News Title: Vibe Coding – The Ultimate Guide with Resources Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses the emerging practice of “vibe coding,” a method of game development that leverages AI tools to facilitate rapid prototyping and game creation. This approach allows developers, including those…