The Hallucinated Package Attack: Slopsquatting

The Hallucinated Package Attack: Slopsquatting Explained

Imagine a world where, in the middle of programming, your helpful AI assistant tells you to import a package called securehashlib. It sounds real. It looks real. You trust your silicon co-pilot. You run pip install securehashlib.Congratulations. You’ve just opened a backdoor into your software stack—and possibly your company’s infrastructure. The package didn’t exist until yesterday, when an attacker registered it based on a hallucination the AI…

The Hallucinated Package Attack: Slopsquatting

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