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How malicious downloads can trick AI coding agents into compromising themselves

Malicious instruction files planted in a computer’s Downloads folder can trick AI coding agents into executing harmful code or exposing authentication tokens, Forever Security said after blocking an attempted attack on a customer’s machine and demonstrating similar techniques against OpenAI’s Codex…

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  1. 2026-10-26 10:40 · InfoWorld AI
    How malicious downloads can trick AI coding agents into compromising themselves

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