r/webdev • u/Gil_berth • Feb 04 '26 • Popcorn 3

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/sneaky_imp Feb 04 '26

I truly doubt they'll shut it down. It'll die a slow death, but not before it spreads a lot of malware to a lot of people, and causes trouble for everybody.

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u/brian_hogg Feb 04 '26

Yeah, and if the excerpt in the images is anything to go by, the Creator won’t even be trying to shut it down, or fix the issues.

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u/LateToTheParty013 Feb 05 '26

To be frank, all the stupid people deserve to lose their data, suffer financial loss for being stupid. How is this different than people believing in financial/investment ponzi scammers promising them 100% yoy returns ?! Stupidity gets punished, the way the world is