Clean GitHub repo tricks AI coding agents into running malware

An agentic coding tool tasked with cloning and setting up a seemingly benign GitHub repository could execute a malicious ...
International Business Times

Malicious GitHub Repositories Could Trick AI Coding Agents Into Running Hidden Malware, Researchers Warn

Researchers warn malicious GitHub repositories can trick AI coding agents into running hidden malware through trusted setup steps, risking developer systems and credentials. Google - Gemini A newly ...
Microsoft

AutoJack: How a single page can RCE the host running your AI agent

Ongoing research into AI agent framework security identified an exploit chain in AutoGen Studio (AutoGen’s open-source prototyping user interface) that allows untrusted web content rendered by a ...
Bleeping Computer

ChocoPoc malware delivered via trojanized exploits on GitHub

Multiple weaponized proof-of-concept (PoC) exploits on GitHub delivered a Python-based remote access trojan (RAT) called ChocoPoC that can execute commands and steal sensitive data. However, ChocoPoC ...
Windows Latest

Microsoft called Linux a cancer, now ships its own free distro that’s nothing like Ubuntu or Fedora

Azure Linux 4.0 is Microsoft's own Fedora-derived Linux distro for Azure cloud workloads. Here is how it compares to Ubuntu, ...

SimpleHelp Flaw Exploited to Deploy Malware Targeting Windows, macOS, and Linux

A SimpleHelp authentication flaw is being exploited to deploy Djinn Stealer, a cross-platform malware targeting cloud, ...