October 2026

Official Claude Code VS Code Extension Compromised to Install Persistent SSH Backdoor

Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed that the official Anthropic Claude Code extension was compromised on the Open VSX registry to install a persistent SSH backdoor on infected hosts.

The issue has since been traced to the compromise of the Cursor Marketplace, prompting the AI coding platform Cursor to briefly take down the service to remove the malware.

“We identified a security incident

  • October 30, 2026

Hackers Actively Exploit Highly Critical Drupal Commerce Core Authorization Bypass Flaw

Drupal has warned that threat actors are exploiting a “highly critical” security flaw in its Commerce Core component.

The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-118539 (CVSS score: N/A), is a case of missing authorization affecting Commerce Core versions from 0.0.0 to 2.41 and from 3.0.0 to 3.3.13.

“This module enables you to sell goods and services to customers through an included shopping cart

  • October 30, 2026