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Slopsquatting: When Your AI Coding Assistant Invents a Package Name and an Attacker Is Waiting

Raymond on September 8, 2026

A glowing AI assistant handing a developer a package-shaped box of light with a hidden hook inside, illustrating a slopsquatting trap

Ask an AI coding assistant for the right library and sometimes it confidently names one that doesn’t exist. Attackers noticed. They’re registering those hallucinated package names and waiting for you to run install. It’s called slopsquatting, it’s disturbingly predictable, and here’s exactly how to keep it out of your projects.

Your AI Coding Assistant Can Be Tricked: The GhostApproval Flaw and How to Code Safely with AI

Raymond on July 30, 2026

A developer using an AI assistant while a hidden figure slips a trap into a folder icon

Researchers just showed that a booby-trapped code repo can trick six popular AI coding assistants into writing files where they shouldn’t – and that the ‘approve this action’ button you rely on can be lying to you. Here’s what the GhostApproval flaw means, why blind trust in AI code is the real risk, and the simple habits that keep you safe.

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