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Saturday, October 31, 2026

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Security

A fake Claude Code extension on Cursor's marketplace tried to install SSH backdoors on developers' machines

Cursor says the malicious versions were live for about 11 hours on October 29 and were not built by Anthropic. BleepingComputer reports that up to 5,000 developers may have been exposed.

Verified · 3 sources Compiled from 3 verified sources · verified 6:47 AM ET

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A fake Claude Code extension on Cursor's marketplace tried to install SSH backdoors on developers' machines

  1. BleepingComputerMalicious Claude Code extension on Cursor planted SSH backdoorsPublished · fetched
  2. CursorSecurity notice — malicious version of Anthropic.claude-code (2.1.312 and 2.1.313) identified in the Cursor VS Code Extension Marketplace · CursorPublished · fetched
  3. The Hacker NewsOfficial Claude Code Extension on Cursor Marketplace Trojanized with Persistent SSH BackdoorPublished · fetched

CrowdStrike tells CyberScoop that VAPOR PANDA's AI-driven campaign compromised about 140 sensitive targets in 11 days

  1. CyberScoopChina-backed threat group used agentic AI pentesting tool to compromise 140 sensitive targets in 11 daysPublished · fetched
  2. The Hacker NewsChinese Hackers Use AI-Powered ARTEX to Target Over 200 Organizations WorldwidePublished · fetched

OpenAI reportedly raises about $11 billion of a $30 billion target at a $1.25 trillion valuation

  1. The DecoderOpenAI raises just $11 billion of its $30 billion target as big investors lose their AI appetitePublished · fetched

Chip stocks fall as investors question AI spending, and Intel drops about 28% on a weak outlook

  1. TechCrunchCracks are emerging in the AI spending boom | TechCrunchPublished · fetched
  2. TechCrunchIntel's stock crashes, knocking $12B from government's stake | TechCrunchPublished · fetched

Blackstone now expects Anthropic to get a high 'junk' credit rating after its IPO, FT reports

  1. TechCrunchAnthropic expected to receive high 'junk' rating from credit agencies following IPO, FT report says | TechCrunchPublished · fetched

A Claude Sonnet 5 agent picked a gene therapy and carried out brain surgery on a mouse, and stopped when it found a calibration error

  1. The DecoderA Claude model autonomously chose a gene therapy and operated on a mouse brain with no human decision-makingPublished · fetched

Epoch AI finds that open-weight GLM 5.3 can exploit Firefox's patch gap for about $1,000 per version

  1. The DecoderOpen-weight model GLM 5.3 built full Firefox exploit chains with zero human input in under 48 hoursPublished · fetched

Google's Project Suncatcher satellite runs Gemma 4 in orbit and sends its first response to Earth

  1. TechCrunchGoogle's first data center satellite is online and writing poetry | TechCrunchPublished · fetched
  2. The VergeGoogle’s satellite AI server transmits its first response to EarthPublished · fetched

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