Cursor marketplace backdoor tests trust in AI coding assistants
By Ibiam Wayas
Cursor removed a compromised Claude Code extension from its marketplace on October 29. This came after researchers found out that the malicious extensions installed an SSH backdoor. An estimated 5,000 users may have been affected. The issue did not involve Anthropic’s AI model, Claude. Instead, the malware became…
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