A malicious Claude Code extension on Open VSX carried a hidden backdoor, putting developers' machines at risk.

According to Cursor, turning on SSH requires admin rights the extension lacks on most Mac and Windows hosts, and on those ...

A weaponized Claude Code extension found on Open VSX can give attackers persistent remote access to developer systems by ...

Microsoft analyzes a malicious Claude Code–branded extension, its persistent SSH backdoor, and guidance to detect and ...

EMBRACE affects AI coding tools Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Codex, VS Code and Claude Desktop, enabling code execution, file ...

AI assistant browser vulnerabilities in VS Code and Codex let one file read a developer’s whole disk. Both tools are still ...

Now generally available, AI Scan examines pull request changes in additional languages and frameworks, including Blazor, PHP and Terraform.

Microsoft's latest TypeScript beta adds content mappers and new compiler APIs aimed at developer tooling and framework integration.

VS Code 1.137 adds an Agent Host system that runs AI coding agents inside isolated Dev Containers, plus automations and voice ...

VS Code, Cursor, and Google Antigravity are three popular options for AI-assisted coding, but how do they compare when given ...

WAGD, an Australian dog harness retailer, remains closed on Shopify's advice days after malicious code redirected a shopper to a fake checkout page. Logbase, maker of the Selleasy upsell app, ...

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