Moltbot Gains Popularity Despite Security Risks

Moltbot, an open-source local AI agent formerly called Clawdbot, is gaining traction for automating tasks via WhatsApp, Telegram, Signal, Discord, and iMessage and integrating with services like Notion, Todoist, and calendars. Users praise its local execution and flexible backends (OpenAI, Anthropic, Google), but security researchers warn that admin-level access, exposed credentials, and prompt-injection vulnerabilities pose serious hijacking risks.