In a sophisticated campaign to poison AI coding assistants, Netcraft uncovered an effort where an attacker promoted a fake API. At least five victims were found to have copied this malicious code into their own public projects, some of which showed signs of being built using AI coding tools.
In a sophisticated campaign to poison AI coding assistants, Netcraft uncovered an effort where an attacker promoted a fake API. At least five victims were found to have copied this malicious code into their own public projects, some of which showed signs of being built using AI coding tools. — This cybersecurity statistic was published by Netcraft in July 2025. It covers topics including AI, LLM. The original data appears in Large Language Models (LLMs) Are Falling for Phishing Scams: What Happens When AI Gives You the Wrong URL? . For the full methodology and detailed findings, refer to the original report.
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In a sophisticated campaign to poison AI coding assistants, Netcraft uncovered an effort where an attacker promoted a fake API. At least five victims were found to have copied this malicious code into their own public projects, some of which showed signs of being built using AI coding tools. This data was published by Netcraft and covers AI, LLM.
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This statistic comes from Large Language Models (LLMs) Are Falling for Phishing Scams: What Happens When AI Gives You the Wrong URL? , published by Netcraft on July 1, 2025. You can view the original report at https://www.netcraft.com/blog/large-language-models-are-falling-for-phishing-scams.
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