> VSCode IDE forks expose users to "recommended extension" attacks
[AUTHOR: Bill Toulas]
[DATE: 05/01/2026 16:41]
[LANGUAGE: EN]
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. [...]