VSCode IDE forks expose users to "recommended extension" attacks
From BleepingComputer to All on Mon Jan 5 12:01:42 2026
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. [...]