We Scanned 3,984 Skills — 1 in 7 Can Hack Your Machine
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The episode discusses the security risks associated with developer skills, revealing that 1 in 7 skills scanned contained critical vulnerabilities.
Most developers install skills without reading what's inside them. But that's exactly what attackers are counting on. Simon Maple sits down with Brian Vermeer from Snyk at DevNexus to get into the security risk hiding inside the skills and MCPs running on your local machine. They scanned over 4,000 skills and found that 1 in 7 had at least one critical security vulnerability. Here’s what you need to know: Why prompting your agent to write secure code doesn't make it secureHow a trusted skil...
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