New HalluSquatting Attack Allows Hackers to Poison AI Coding Assistants Into Installing Botnet Malware

A newly disclosed attack technique dubbed “HalluSquatting” is raising serious concerns in the cybersecurity community after researchers demonstrated how AI coding assistants can be manipulated into installing botnet malware through hallucinated resources. The research, conducted by Aya Spira, Stav Cohen, Elad Feldman, Ron Bitton, Avishai Wool, and Ben Nassi from Tel Aviv University, Technion, and […] The post New HalluSquatting Attack Allows Hackers to Poison AI Coding Assistants Into Installing Botnet Malware appeared first on Cyber Security News.