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Hacker News

Security checks across malware telemetry and agentic risk

Overview

The skill appears to be a purpose-aligned Hacker News helper, with the main caveat that its trigger wording is broader than ideal.

Install only if you want the agent to handle Hacker News lookups or analysis. Be aware that the trigger wording may cause it to activate for broad HN-related prompts, so prefer using it for explicit HN data retrieval tasks and review any setup commands before allowing them.

SkillSpector

By NVIDIA
Vulnerability Patterns
  • Trigger AbuseOverly Broad Trigger, Shadow Command Trigger, Keyword Baiting Trigger
  • Prompt InjectionInstruction Override, Hidden Instructions, Exfiltration Commands
  • Data ExfiltrationExternal Transmission, Env Variable Harvesting, File System Enumeration
  • Privilege EscalationExcessive Permissions, Sudo/Root Execution, Credential Access
  • Supply ChainUnpinned Dependencies, External Script Fetching, Obfuscated Code
Findings (1)

Vague Triggers

Medium
Confidence
95% confidence
Finding
The manifest description instructs the agent to use this skill for ANY Hacker News-related request, which is an overly broad routing trigger. Broad triggers can cause the skill to be invoked in situations where a safer or more appropriate tool should be used, increasing the chance of unnecessary shell execution and exposing users to the skill's setup/install behaviors.

VirusTotal

64/64 vendors flagged this skill as clean.

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Static analysis

No suspicious patterns detected.