🚨 Anthropic's official Claude extension for VS Code and Cursor reportedly shipped a remote access trojan
Security researcher Kevin Beaumont says Anthropic was compromised, and the extension was delivering the malware:
• The extension is used by tens of millions of developers
• The payload is a RAT, delivered through an SSH reverse backdoor
• Anthropic hasn't confirmed any of this yet
Security researcher Kevin Beaumont says Anthropic was compromised, and the extension was delivering the malware:
• The extension is used by tens of millions of developers
• The payload is a RAT, delivered through an SSH reverse backdoor
• Anthropic hasn't confirmed any of this yet
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Anthropic hacked via Cursor to deliver remote access trojan to Claude developer laptops worldwide
Yesterday, Anthropic were compromised and used to stage a global supply chain attack.