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A malicious instruction file sitting in a developer's Downloads folder tried to make their AI coding agent install a known-malicious npm package, security firm Forever Security said in a report published last week.
Summary
The company caught the attempt on a real customer's machine and stopped the agent before any code ran. It could not determine how the file got into the folder.
This is a brief wire summary, the full story (linked below) has the complete details.
KazaSec's take
Source code, and the third-party packages it depends on, is one of the most overlooked parts of an organization's real attack surface. A secure code review catches exactly this class of issue before it ships, not after it's already public.
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