Your AI Assistant Just Installed a Trojan: The Axios npm Compromise
Modern AI tools like Claude Code, Codex, or even the browser-based ChatGPT and Claude.ai often run npm install behind the scenes to make the things you ask for. If you asked an AI to "make me a weather app," it might have pulled in Axios as a transitive dependency. You never saw the command, and you never approved the install. Read All
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Your AI Assistant Just Installed a Trojan: The Axios npm Compromise
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