SkillCloak Lets Malicious AI Agent Skills Evade Static Scanners with Self-Extracting Packing
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Scanners meant to catch malicious add-on "skills" for AI coding agents can be fooled by a few simple changes that leave the malware working, according to a new study from researchers at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. Their strongest trick slipped past every scanner tested more than 90% of the time, and the same team built a ru…
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