How AI Coding Assistants Could Be Compromised Via Rules File

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By EditorDavidMar 23, 2025, 6:34 pm187 ptsTop
Slashdot reader spatwei shared this report from the cybersecurity site SC World: : AI coding assistants such as GitHub Copilot and Cursor could be manipulated to generate code containing backdoors, vulnerabilities and other security issues via distribution of malicious rule configuration files, Pillar Security…

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