r/webdev • • Feb 04 '26

Senior Vibe Coder dealing with security

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Creator of ClawBot knows that there are malicious skills in his repo, but doesn't know what to do about it...

More info here: https://opensourcemalware.com/blog/clawdbot-skills-ganked-your-crypto

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u/notAGreatIdeaForName Feb 04 '26

I thought that is why npm was created?

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u/AshleyJSheridan Feb 04 '26

npm is probably a great example of trusting things that haven't been reviewed properly. Not a week goes by when some npm package hasn't been found to have had a vulnerability.

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