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Slopsquatting: AI Agents Now Install Malware for You

AI coding agents are auto-installing hallucinated software packages with no human review, a practice byteiota calls "slopsquatting" and "HalluSquatting," turning the IDE into an attack vector. The byteiota post attributes the risk to the absence of human review in AI agent package installation.

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AI coding agents auto-install hallucinated packages with no human review. Slopsquatting and HalluSquatting make your IDE an attack vector. Here's what changed.

The post Slopsquatting: AI Agents Now Install Malware for You appeared first on byteiota .

source & further reading
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