Decades-old Bash shell tricks can bypass safeguards in most open source AI coding agents, creating a new software supply ...

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Mozilla researchers revealed a new attack that tricks Claude Code into running hidden commands from seemingly harmless GitHub repositories.

Three levels of indirection, all with seemingly innocuous steps, will catch a bot off-guard.

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

JFrog found malicious npm packages that deploy a Windows RAT to steal Chrome credentials, run commands, and transfer files.

A poisoned npm package infected 140+ projects with a hidden payload. This report highlights how to detect, hunt, and defend ...

GitHub has announced what it said are "breaking changes" coming to npm version 12, one of which turns off install scripts by default to combat software supply chain threats. The changes aim to combat ...

The change, expected in July, will likely block one of the more common attack vectors; developers are wondering what took GitHub so long, and why other repositories acted so much sooner. The ability ...

A github.dev flaw could let attackers steal GitHub OAuth tokens through a one-click attack, exposing private repositories and codebases. A single click on the wrong repository could have put a ...

It’s been three-and-a-half years since generative AI exploded onto the scene. In this past year, progress has continued its relentless pace: Vibe coding took off, companies embraced agentic workflows, ...