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Nx npm Malware Explained: AI Agent Hijacking

Nx npm malware (Aug 2025): attackers published malicious Nx packages that weaponized AI coding agents (Claude Code, Gemini CLI, Amazon Q) via a postinstall script to inventory sensitive files and exfiltrate sensitive data to public GitHub repos named “s1ngularity-repository-*.” We break down what happened, affected versions, and how to check + respond (rotate credentials, hunt IoCs, and more). Resources.

Weaponizing AI Coding Agents for Malware in the Nx Malicious Package Security Incident

On August 26–27, 2025 (UTC), eight malicious Nx and Nx Powerpack releases were pushed to npm across two version lines and were live for ~5 hours 20 minutes before removal. The attack also impacts the Nx Console VS Code extension.

The Surprising Truth About GPT-5 in Cursor's Agent Mode

In this video, I test out GPT-5 by asking it to build a simple and secure Node.js notes app that lets users create, read, update, and delete notes. I run two experiments — one without a security MCP server and one with it — to see how well the new model handles both functionality and security.