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Same hook, other side: how npm worms turned AI agent config into malware

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Last week I wrote about a Claude Code hook that stops your AI agent from reading your .env file. This year, attackers have been shipping the same kind of hook inside repositories, and it ran every time a developer opened the project. Here's what happened, why uninstalling the package didn't fix it,…

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  1. 2026-10-13 10:53 · DEV Community — AI
    Same hook, other side: how npm worms turned AI agent config into malware

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