Building Your First Node.js App with Essential-Core: A Beginner’s Guide

What is Essential-Core?

Think of essential-core like a toolbox that has all the popular tools you need to build a Node.js app. Instead of buying each tool separately, you get them all in one box! 🧰

Essential-core is a comprehensive collection of essential and popular Node.js libraries bundled together for easy use in your projects. It includes tools like Express (for making websites), Axios (for talking to other websites), and many more useful helpers.

🧠 Your AI Assistant Just Got Hijacked: Prompt Injection via Malicious Packages

Summary

Arbitrary scripts or code can be executed to exfiltrate data, communicate with remote servers, or install persistent backdoors by leveraging prompt injection embedded in specific packages.

⚠️ The Hidden Risk

Modern AI-powered developer tools (like Cursor, GitHub Copilot, or Replit Ghostwriter) rely on natural-language prompts to assist in coding workflows. These assistants often respond to commands like: