VSCode IDE Forks Expose Users To 'Recommended Extension' Attacks

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By msmashJan 5, 2026, 8:48 pm129 pts
An anonymous reader shares a report: Popular AI-powered integrated development environment solutions, such as Cursor, Windsurf, Google Antigravity, and Trae, recommend extensions that are non-existent in the OpenVSX registry, allowing threat actors to claim the namespace and upload malicious extensions. These…

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