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📦 AI-Generated Package Attack vector: How to prevent and mitigate it?

In the era of AI-assisted development, integrating packages recommended by large language models (LLMs) is becoming routine. But what happens when these models suggest libraries that don’t exist—or worse, resolve to malicious ones? As software developers and commercial software agents, we're navigating a space where speed and innovation must be balanced with security and reliability.

This article explores a potential mitigation strategy for hallucinated or suspicious packages entering your codebase through AI-assisted coding. It outlines current NPM security measures, proposes a developer-centered auditing workflow, and evaluates the impact on both CI/CD pipelines and delivery speed.

Whether you're building critical infrastructure or managing compliance in your dev lifecycle, this piece offers a thoughtful starting point for tackling this emerging threat with practical, developer-friendly measures.

What if your AI assistant gave you bad advice and your pipeline installed it without question?

Read it now! to learn how to keep human judgment at the center of your automated workflows.

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