Security Concerns Shadow Vibe Coding Adoption
Dark Reading, Tuesday, October 7th, 2025
In a recent poll, readers shared how they're using vibe coding in AppDev (if they are at all). While some found success, others found the risks too great.
Teams are finding some success with AI-powered code generation, but many are finding the security risks too great to make the integration worthwhile.
Vibe coding is a term that reflects the process of using natural language to instruct a large language model (LLM) like Google's Gemini to assist with the software development process, often by directly coding without the direct involvement of a human. While AI-assisted coding is quite popular - Snyk chief technology officer (CTO) Danny Allan told Dark Reading in August that he hadn't met a customer in the prior three months that wasn't using AI coding tools - and can result in productivity gains, the security risks are nothing to sneeze at, either.