security Source: BleepingComputer

📅 25 October 2026 at 10:30 PM UTC

AI coding agents hijacked using AGENTS.md file in Downloads folder

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Researchers found a malicious AGENTS markdown instruction file in a customer's Downloads folder that tricked an AI coding agent into installing a rogue npm package. [...]

Publication Reference: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/ai-coding-agents-hijacked-using-agentsmd-file-in-downloads-folder/

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