\u200bScanners meant to catch malicious add-on “skills” for AI coding agents can be fooled by a few simple changes that leave the malware working, according to a\u00a0new study\u00a0from researchers at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology.<\/p>\n
Their strongest trick slipped past every scanner tested more than 90% of the time, and the same team built a runtime checker that catches most of the\u00a0Scanners meant to catch malicious add-on “skills” for AI coding agents can be fooled by a few simple changes that leave the malware working, according to a\u00a0new study\u00a0from researchers at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology.<\/p>\n
Their strongest trick slipped past every scanner tested more than 90% of the time, and the same team built a runtime checker that catches most of the\u00a0\u00a0The Hacker News<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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