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Fake Moltbot AI Coding Assistant on VS Code Marketplace Drops Malware

A fake VS Code extension posing as a Moltbot AI assistant installed ScreenConnect malware, giving attackers persistent remote ...

GitHub integrates Claude and Codex AI coding agents directly into GitHub

GitHub users can now use third-party coding agents ...

Malicious Microsoft AI extensions might have hit over 1.5 million users

Two VSCode extensions are harvesting sensitive data and sending it to China.

Malicious AI extensions on VSCode Marketplace steal developer data

Marketplace that were collectively installed 1.5 million times, exfiltrate developer data to China-based servers.

How Moonshot's Kimi K2.5 helps AI builders spin up agent swarms easier than ever

On the Humanity’s Last Exam (HLE) benchmark, Kimi K2.5 scored 50.2% (with tools), surpassing OpenAI’s GPT-5.2 (xhigh) and ...