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SymJack attack hijacks AI coding agents using disguised symlinks

Adversa AI's SymJack attack uses malicious symlinks to install attacker-controlled MCP servers, stealing secrets and compromising CI pipelines. The attack requires control of the coding agent repo and a ready-made malicious MCP server, with no sandboxing.

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May 27, 10:15 AM
SymJack attack hijacks AI coding agents using disguised symlinks — AIBriefs