The compromised versions attempted to plant SSH keys and establish persistent remote access; Anthropic says an attacker used access to Cursor’s marketplace to publish the tampered extension.
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Claude Code extension hacked: SSH backdoor puts 5,000 Cursor users potentially at risk
A malicious version of the Claude Code extension reportedly contained hidden code capable of opening remote access to ...
A malicious version of Anthropic's Claude Code VS Code extension was distributed through Cursor's extension marketplace for ...
A compromised Claude Code VS Code extension added an SSH key, installed persistence, and sent host details before version 2.1 ...
Microsoft analyzes a malicious Claude Code–branded extension, its persistent SSH backdoor, and guidance to detect and ...
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I turned my desktop into a remote coding server using VS Code's hidden tunnel feature
VS Code's tunnel feature is actually useful ...
It has been reported that version 2.1.313 of the official "Claude Code for VS Code" extension contained code that installed ...
A tampered build of Anthropic's Claude Code extension was available in Cursor's extension marketplace on October 29. It adds ...
According to Cursor, turning on SSH requires admin rights the extension lacks on most Mac and Windows hosts, and on those ...
Attackers backdoored the official Claude Code VS Code extension, being distributed on the Cursor Marketplace, designed to ...
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