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NPM Package With 56K Downloads Caught Stealing WhatsApp Messages (www.koi.ai)
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[–] magic_lobster_party@fedia.io 28 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

it's the kind of dependency developers install without a second thought

I got a feeling this is an attack vector that will continue to grow, as now there’s vibe coding frameworks installing random dependencies without a thought at all.

[–] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 4 points 9 hours ago

There's twonthings at play, here:

  • installing dependencies without checking
  • a framework that will allow this

Both are absolutely the fault of the user.