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Italiano(IT) 🔓 ATTACCO ALLA CATENA DI FORNITURA Estensione Anthropic su Cursor backdoorizzata per 12 ore Una versione malevola dell'estensione ufficiale Claude ha infettato

Anthropic Claude extension on Cursor IDE backdoorized, impacting 5,000 developers

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A malicious version of Anthropic's official Claude extension for the Cursor IDE was compromised for 12 hours, potentially affecting up to 5,000 developers. The backdoor aimed to install persistent SSH backdoors and steal cloud credentials and API tokens. Neither Anthropic nor Cursor have yet explained how the attackers gained access. AI

IMPACT Highlights supply chain risks for AI developer tools and the potential for widespread credential theft.

RANK_REASON A security vulnerability in a third-party integration of an AI model's extension.

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Anthropic Claude extension on Cursor IDE backdoorized, impacting 5,000 developers

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  1. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 Italiano(IT) · AI_BEAR_NEWS ·

    🔓 SUPPLY CHAIN ATTACK Anthropic extension on Cursor backdoored for 12 hours A malicious version of the official Claude extension infected

    🔓 ATTACCO ALLA CATENA DI FORNITURA Estensione Anthropic su Cursor backdoorizzata per 12 ore Una versione malevola dell'estensione ufficiale Claude ha infettato fino a 5.000 sviluppatori, tentando di installare un backdoor SSH persistente. Gli attaccanti hanno rubato credenziali c…

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