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Markdown Is the New Executable: Attackers Are Dropping Agent Instructions Into Your Downloads Folder From the Web


Forever caught live malware on a customer's machine attempting a new kind of attack: a file planted in the Downloads folder that turns your own AI coding agent against you. Here's how it works on Codex and Claude Code, and why the vector stays open.

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