Slopsquatting: A new form of AI cybersquatting has emerged!

Slopsquatting: A new form of AI cybersquatting has emerged!

August 7, 2025 · FEATURED POST

You already know about cybersquatting, so here comes slopsquatting. Slopsquatting is a newly emerging supply chain attack that preys on AI code-generation tools’ tendency to hallucinate non-existent software package names. When a large language model (LLM) suggests a fictitious software library,... [Read more]

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