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AIThe Hacker Newsabout 3 hours ago
HalluSquatting Attack Targets AI Coding AssistantsResearchers demonstrated HalluSquatting, an attack that exploits AI coding assistant hallucinations. The attack registers fake names AI models reliably invent, then tricks assistants into fetching and running attacker-supplied code. Tests against Cursor, Windsurf, GitHub Copilot, Cline, Gemini CLI, and OpenClaw achieved up to 85% success on repository requests and 100% on skill installs.
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