Security Affairs AI-cybersecurity newsletter round 7 flags malicious Claude Code extension
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- Severity
- High
- Sources
- 1
What happened
A weekly newsletter rounds up recent AI and cybersecurity stories. One highlighted case involved a contractor who connected an AI agent to the Pentagon's secure network and then sent data to a high-risk website. Another flagged a malicious version of an AI coding tool extension found in the Cursor editor's marketplace.
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What to do
- Check whether Anthropic.claude-code versions 2.1.312 or 2.1.313 are installed from the Cursor VS Code Extension Marketplace.
- Review any AI agents connected to internal networks for unapproved data transfers to external sites.
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Who reported · 1 outlet
Security Affairs
Who and what is in it
Government agencies