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Security audit

ai-trending-news

Security checks across malware telemetry and agentic risk

Overview

This skill is a straightforward AI news briefing helper that fetches public feeds and ranks stories, with no evidence of hidden access, persistence, or destructive behavior.

Install if you are comfortable with the agent using Python/Bash and outbound network access to fetch public AI news. Avoid including sensitive internal topics in news queries, and verify publisher authenticity if the claimed OpenAI authorship matters to you.

SkillSpector

By NVIDIA
Vulnerability Patterns
  • Data ExfiltrationExternal Transmission, Env Variable Harvesting, File System Enumeration
  • Prompt InjectionInstruction Override, Hidden Instructions, Exfiltration Commands
  • Privilege EscalationExcessive Permissions, Sudo/Root Execution, Credential Access
  • Supply ChainUnpinned Dependencies, External Script Fetching, Obfuscated Code
  • Excessive AgencyUnrestricted Tool Access, Autonomous Decision Making, Scope Creep
Findings (1)

Missing User Warnings

Low
Confidence
94% confidence
Finding
The skill description says it fetches data from external sources and public APIs, but it does not disclose to users that their requests may trigger network calls or that prompt content could be sent to third parties. In a news-aggregation skill this is not inherently malicious, but missing disclosure can mislead users and expose sensitive queries or internal interests to external providers.

VirusTotal

66/66 vendors flagged this skill as clean.

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Static analysis

No suspicious patterns detected.