Security News AI Code Assistants Frequently Suggest Non-Existent Software Packages, Giving Point of Entry for Malicious Code

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https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/12/ai_code_suggestions_sabotage_supply_chain/

Bruce Schneier's summary from:

Slopsquatting - Schneier on Security

As AI coding assistants invent nonexistent software libraries to download and use, enterprising attackers create and upload libraries with those names—laced with malware, of course.

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As AI coding assistants invent nonexistent software libraries to download and use, enterprising attackers create and upload libraries with those names—laced with malware, of course.

 

[Brahman]

Ai: return "just kidding"