Hackers hijacked a Claude Code extension, exposing yet another new AI security risk

The world can feel particularly unsafe these days, with AI agents running rampant within private networks and billions of dollars disappearing from crypto wallets in less time than it takes to watch a sitcom episode. But while the world was watching Binance’s massive crypto heist, another potentially consequential security breach was unfolding largely under the radar. For roughly 11 hours, a malicious version of Anthropic’s Claude Code extension was available on Cursor’s VS Code extension...