Anatomy of a Malicious Package Attack
As the name implies, a malicious package is software that is created with malicious intent. What makes them particularly concerning is that they are remarkably easy to create. Useful for any number of malicious intentions, these packages are hard to avoid and to detect, unless you know what to look for.
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Mend.io is built for every risk, across AI and AppSec. By securing the code layer and the AI layer—and the interactions between them, where modern application risk now lives—Mend.io extends proven AppSec workflows to the models, prompts, and agents inside today’s applications, delivering continuous protection across the entire AI application lifecycle.